English Book Collectors

afterwards antiquities appointed April Archbishop autograph Bagford Bart bequeathed Bible binding Bishop Bodleian Library Book-stamp born British Museum buried Cambridge catalogue Caxtons century Charles collection collector College considerable number contained copy Coverdale Bible daughter death Decameron Diana of Poitiers Dibdin died Duke Earl early English edition Edward eight England father fetched fifty pounds folio following days France George Grenville Gutenberg Bible Hans Sloane Hearne Henry History House hundred and fifty hundred pounds illuminated James John July June King large number Latin London Lord Lumley manuscripts March Mentz nine Oldys Oxford Pepys portrait preserved printed books purchased Pynson Queen rare Rawlinson realised Richard Richard Rawlinson Robert Robert Harley SAMUEL PEPYS shillings shillings and sixpence Society of Antiquaries sold by auction Sotheby Spencer thousand five hundred thousand pounds three hundred University of Oxford vellum volumes Wilkinson and Hodge William William Oldys written Wynkyn de Worde