PREFACE
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF COLLECTORS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
ROYAL COLLECTORS
JOHN FISHER, BISHOP OF ROCHESTER, 1459?-1535
THOMAS CRANMER, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, 1489-1556
MATTHEW PARKER, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, 1504-1575
HENRY FITZALAN, EARL OF ARUNDEL, 1513?-1580
SIR THOMAS SMITH, 1513-1577
WILLIAM CECIL, LORD BURGHLEY, 1520-1598
THOMAS WOTTON, 1521-1587
DR. DEE, 1527-1608
ROBERT DUDLEY, EARL OF LEICESTER, 1532?-1588
JOHN, LORD LUMLEY, 1534?-1609.
GEORGE CAREW, EARL OF TOTNES, 1555-1629
SIR ROBERT BRUCE COTTON, Bart ., 1571-1631
WILLIAM LAUD, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, 1573-1645
ROBERT BURTON, 1576-1640
JAMES USHER, ARCHBISHOP OF ARMAGH, 1581-1656
JOHN WILLIAMS, ARCHBISHOP OF YORK, 1582-1650
JOHN SELDEN, 1584-1654
THOMAS HOWARD, EARL OF NORFOLK, 1586-1646
RICHARD SMITH, 1590-1675
GEORGE THOMASON, died 1666
SIR SYMONDS D'EWES, Bart. , 1602-1650
SIR KENELM DIGBY, 1603-1665
RALPH SHELDON, 1623-1684
DR. FRANCIS BERNARD, 1627-1698
SAMUEL PEPYS, 1633-1703
EDWARD STILLINGFLEET, BISHOP OF WORCESTER, 1635-1699
JOHN MOORE, BISHOP OF ELY, 1646-1714
JOHN BAGFORD, 1650?-1716
THOMAS HERBERT, EIGHTH EARL OF PEMBROKE, 1656-1733
NARCISSUS LUTTRELL, 1657-1732
SIR HANS SLOANE, Bart. , 1660-1753
PETER LE NEVE, 1661-1729
ROBERT HARLEY, FIRST EARL OF OXFORD, 1661-1724
EDWARD HARLEY, SECOND EARL OF OXFORD, 1689-1741
JOHN BRIDGES, 1666-1724
JOHN MURRAY, 1670-1748
DR. MEAD, 1673-1754
CHARLES SPENCER, THIRD EARL OF SUNDERLAND, 1674-1722
BRIAN FAIRFAX, 1676-1749
THOMAS HEARNE, 1678-1735
THOMAS RAWLINSON, 1681-1725
JOSEPH SMITH, 1682-1770
DR. RICHARD RAWLINSON, 1690-1755
MARTIN FOLKES, 1690-1754
WILLIAM OLDYS, 1696-1761
JOHN RATCLIFFE, -1776
JAMES WEST, 1704?-1772
BENJAMIN HEATH, 1704-1766
HORACE WALPOLE, FOURTH EARL OF ORFORD, 1717-1797
RALPH WILLETT, 1719-1795
DR. ANTHONY ASKEW, 1722-1774
REV. C.M. CRACHERODE, 1730-1799
JOHN TOWNELEY, 1731-1813
SIR JOHN THOROLD, Bart. , 1734-1815
REV. RICHARD FARMER, D.D., 1735-1797
RICHARD GOUGH, 1735-1809
GEORGE STEEVENS, 1736-1800
JAMES BINDLEY, 1737-1818
WILLIAM PETTY FITZMAURICE, FIRST MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE, 1737-1805
TOPHAM BEAUCLERK, 1739-1780
REV. BENJAMIN HEATH, D.D., 1739-1817
MAJOR THOMAS PEARSON, 1740?-1781
JOHN KER, DUKE OF ROXBURGHE, 1740-1804
MICHAEL WODHULL, 1740-1816
FRANCIS HARGRAVE, 1741?-1821
ISAAC REED, 1742-1807
SIR JOSEPH BANKS, Bart. , 1744-1820
REV. JOHN BRAND, 1744-1806
JOHN DENT, 1750?-1826
RIGHT HON. THOMAS GRENVILLE, 1755-1846
FRANCIS DOUCE, 1757-1834
JAMES EDWARDS, 1757-1816
GEORGE HIBBERT, 1757-1837
REV. CHARLES BURNEY, D.D., 1757-1817
GEORGE JOHN, SECOND EARL SPENCER, 1758-1834
SIR RICHARD COLT HOARE, Bart. , 1758-1838
WILLIAM BECKFORD, 1759-1844
FREDERICK NORTH, FIFTH EARL OF GUILFORD, 1766-1827
GEORGE SPENCER CHURCHILL, FIFTH DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH, 1766-1840
ALEXANDER, TENTH DUKE OF HAMILTON, 1767-1852
SIR MARK MASTERMAN SYKES, Bart. , 1771-1823
RICHARD HEBER, 1773-1833
RICHARD GRENVILLE, FIRST DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM, 1776-1839
HENRY PERKINS, 1778-1855
FREDERICK PERKINS, 1780-1860
JOHN BELLINGHAM INGLIS, 1780-1870
WILLIAM HENRY MILLER, 1789-1848
GEORGE DANIEL, 1789-1864
WILLIAM, SIXTH DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE, 1790-1858
SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS, Bart. , 1792-1872
REV. THOMAS CORSER, 1793-1876
DAVID LAING, 1793-1878
BERTRAM, FOURTH EARL OF ASHBURNHAM, 1797-1878
SIR WILLIAM TITE, C.B., 1798-1873
JAMES THOMSON GIBSON-CRAIG, 1799-1886
ALEXANDER WILLIAM, TWENTY-FIFTH EARL OF CRAWFORD, 1812-1880
HENRY HUTH, 1815-1878
ROBERT SAMUEL TURNER, 1818-1887
FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON, 1821-1895
WILLIAM MORRIS, 1834-1896
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SALES By Walter Stanley Graves . ABBREVIATIONS.
George John, Second Earl Spencer. George John, Second Earl Spencer.
Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, (late) Printers to Her Majesty
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