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quadgram | frequency |
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one of the most | 107 |
in the british museum | 75 |
a catalogue of the | 71 |
the library of the | 70 |
a copy of the | 70 |
the first edition of | 65 |
of the library of | 53 |
the end of the | 44 |
in the library of | 44 |
at the sale of | 43 |
at the end of | 43 |
a great number of | 43 |
in the possession of | 41 |
sold by auction by | 39 |
for the most part | 39 |
library of the late | 39 |
the sale of the | 37 |
of the last century | 36 |
at the same time | 34 |
in the midst of | 32 |
of the first edition | 32 |
on the th of | 32 |
be found in the | 31 |
is now in the | 31 |
seems to have been | 30 |
is said to have | 30 |
is one of the | 30 |
symptom of the bibliomania | 30 |
was one of the | 29 |
the use of the | 28 |
to be found in | 28 |
will be found in | 28 |
of the th century | 28 |
the history of the | 27 |
copy of the first | 27 |
the first volume of | 27 |
for the sake of | 26 |
for the use of | 26 |
account of his library | 26 |
the greater part of | 26 |
of some of the | 26 |
as well as the | 26 |
the greek and latin | 25 |
for the purpose of | 25 |
the beginning of the | 25 |
at the head of | 24 |
greek and latin classics | 24 |
be sold by auction | 24 |
the catalogue of the | 24 |
of the sixteenth century | 24 |
of the middle ages | 24 |
the name of the | 24 |
to be sold by | 24 |
catalogue of the library | 23 |
the middle of the | 23 |
a copy of this | 23 |
the university of oxford | 22 |
of the university of | 22 |
the latter part of | 22 |
a great deal of | 22 |
into the possession of | 22 |
in the course of | 22 |
in the time of | 22 |
printed upon large paper | 22 |
the rest of the | 22 |
now in the british | 22 |
in the middle ages | 22 |
by wynkyn de worde | 21 |
the close of the | 21 |
came under the hammer | 21 |
in the shape of | 21 |
editions of the classics | 21 |
of the duke of | 21 |
of the seventeenth century | 21 |
of the present century | 21 |
of the holy scriptures | 21 |
of one of the | 21 |
of the british museum | 20 |
of the church of | 20 |
a large number of | 20 |
of the catalogue of | 20 |
was a man of | 19 |
under the title of | 19 |
to the value of | 19 |
a fine copy of | 19 |
latter part of the | 19 |
sold by auction at | 19 |
in the reign of | 19 |
in the bodleian library | 18 |
the possession of the | 18 |
in one of the | 18 |
the title of the | 18 |
into the hands of | 18 |
appears to have been | 18 |
the sign of the | 18 |
under the hammer at | 18 |
at the sign of | 17 |
the manner in which | 17 |
catalogue des livres de | 17 |
of the works of | 17 |
the reign of henry | 17 |
of the late mr | 17 |
a good deal of | 17 |
on account of the | 17 |
by leigh and sotheby | 17 |
symptoms of the bibliomania | 16 |
an account of the | 16 |
appear to have been | 16 |
the author of the | 16 |
des livres de la | 16 |
the works of the | 16 |
of the greek and | 16 |
of the name of | 16 |
in the first volume | 16 |
in the annals of | 16 |
to have been a | 16 |
note in this book | 15 |
it would be difficult | 15 |
the whole of the | 15 |
in some of the | 15 |
sale of his library | 15 |
in the hands of | 15 |
on the death of | 15 |
the earlier part of | 15 |
auction by leigh and | 15 |
in the way of | 15 |
first edition of the | 15 |
in the same year | 15 |
as a matter of | 15 |
a few years ago | 15 |
on the part of | 15 |
by auction by leigh | 15 |
a few of the | 15 |
in one of his | 15 |
there can be no | 15 |
a catalogue of a | 14 |
some of the most | 14 |
catalogue of his library | 14 |
of the royal society | 14 |
a word or two | 14 |
of the present day | 14 |
on the other hand | 14 |
it would have been | 14 |
by auction by mr | 14 |
to the history of | 14 |
of the roxburghe club | 14 |
it is said that | 14 |
in the fifteenth century | 14 |
fine copy of the | 14 |
at the present day | 14 |
the commencement of the | 14 |
at the beginning of | 14 |
earlier part of the | 14 |
the death of the | 14 |
of the eighteenth century | 14 |
was sold by auction | 14 |
part of the last | 14 |
this symptom of the | 14 |
the head of the | 13 |
the catalogue of his | 13 |
large paper copy of | 13 |
the earl of oxford | 13 |
a part of the | 13 |
from time to time | 13 |
as acted by the | 13 |
in the life of | 13 |
the founder of the | 13 |
in which he was | 13 |
as well as a | 13 |
of the society of | 13 |
it is to be | 13 |
rare and curious books | 13 |
extra fine and rare | 13 |
supposed to have been | 13 |
the reader will find | 13 |
part of the library | 13 |
of the typographical antiquities | 12 |
the first editions of | 12 |
catalogue of the books | 12 |
and valuable library of | 12 |
would be difficult to | 12 |
is not to be | 12 |
in the collection of | 12 |
at the same place | 12 |
the possession of mr | 12 |
to be met with | 12 |
he is said to | 12 |
it must be confessed | 12 |
a number of books | 12 |
for the benefit of | 12 |
of the fifteenth century | 12 |
in possession of a | 12 |
at the commencement of | 12 |
first volume of the | 12 |
a portion of the | 12 |
first editions of the | 12 |
may be regarded as | 12 |
to the library of | 12 |
first edition of this | 12 |
of the date of | 12 |
by the side of | 12 |
in a letter to | 12 |
of the history of | 12 |
edition of this work | 12 |
of the book clubs | 12 |
copies were struck off | 12 |
one or two of | 12 |
the sale of mr | 12 |
at the close of | 12 |
in our own country | 12 |
the early part of | 12 |
catalogue of his books | 12 |
said to have been | 12 |
the archbishop of canterbury | 12 |
early part of the | 12 |
by the late mr | 12 |
to the british museum | 12 |
un volum del romaunce | 12 |
a man of great | 12 |
in the libraries of | 11 |
a copy of it | 11 |
the art of printing | 11 |
under the name of | 11 |
to say that the | 11 |
by the name of | 11 |
the names of the | 11 |
the duke of roxburghe | 11 |
was sold for l | 11 |
he seems to have | 11 |
may be seen in | 11 |
as well as in | 11 |
a perfect copy of | 11 |
of the most curious | 11 |
in the first place | 11 |
the nature of the | 11 |
may be said to | 11 |
one of the earliest | 11 |
to have been the | 11 |
the owner of the | 11 |
as well as of | 11 |
the society of antiquaries | 11 |
for the preservation of | 11 |
the university of cambridge | 11 |
the hands of the | 11 |
the libraries of the | 11 |
the first part of | 11 |
tells us that he | 11 |
a new edition of | 11 |
at the time of | 11 |
to the end of | 11 |
of the art of | 11 |
history of great britain | 11 |
of the books which | 11 |
one of his letters | 10 |
of which i have | 10 |
the shape of a | 10 |
the history of book | 10 |
on account of its | 10 |
new edition of the | 10 |
on the other side | 10 |
in the case of | 10 |
a beautiful unique copy | 10 |
of the life of | 10 |
the immortal memory of | 10 |
the old and new | 10 |
of the editio princeps | 10 |
of which he was | 10 |
gilding and dressing of | 10 |
some account of the | 10 |
the time of the | 10 |
editions of the greek | 10 |
this is not the | 10 |
in the form of | 10 |
at a very early | 10 |
copy of the gospels | 10 |
my introduction to the | 10 |
by one of the | 10 |
for the first time | 10 |
the library of mr | 10 |
it would seem that | 10 |
died in the year | 10 |
the collection of the | 10 |
shop was at the | 10 |
the number of books | 10 |
it is difficult to | 10 |
came into the possession | 10 |
order of the garter | 10 |
after the death of | 10 |
dressing of a booke | 10 |
and dressing of a | 10 |
books printed upon vellum | 10 |
or two of the | 10 |
there is a curious | 10 |
but it is not | 10 |
he was a man | 10 |
may be found in | 10 |
are to be found | 10 |
of the reign of | 10 |
for some of the | 10 |
in the history of | 10 |
towards the close of | 10 |
of the bodleian library | 10 |
a member of the | 9 |
it is a pity | 9 |
the copy of the | 9 |
abbot in the year | 9 |
the monastery of st | 9 |
of the earl of | 9 |
of king richard the | 9 |
copies of the gospels | 9 |
the sale of dr | 9 |
and one of the | 9 |
in the cause of | 9 |
of the state of | 9 |
to the catalogue of | 9 |
that is to say | 9 |
of the monastery of | 9 |
of the marquis of | 9 |
the second part of | 9 |
with his own hand | 9 |
a very fine copy | 9 |
the literature of the | 9 |
president of the royal | 9 |
by the fact that | 9 |
the value of the | 9 |
not to be found | 9 |
the influence of the | 9 |
of a booke called | 9 |
in the english language | 9 |
the duke of devonshire | 9 |
in a great measure | 9 |
a great part of | 9 |
i am tempted to | 9 |
in the seventeenth century | 9 |
the editor of the | 9 |
it may not be | 9 |
to the duke of | 9 |
it will be seen | 9 |
catalogue of the entire | 9 |
printed in the black | 9 |
the foundation of the | 9 |
in consequence of the | 9 |
the imperial library at | 9 |
of this great man | 9 |
history of the bibliomania | 9 |
of the bibliomania is | 9 |
the time of his | 9 |
in the present place | 9 |
but it is time | 9 |
of the old school | 9 |
part of the present | 9 |
i am indebted to | 9 |
at the age of | 9 |
books printed in the | 9 |
extra rare and fine | 9 |
of the most interesting | 9 |
the preface to the | 9 |
the order of the | 9 |
of the life and | 9 |
we are told that | 9 |
for a copy of | 9 |
it is scarcely necessary | 9 |
the typographical antiquities of | 9 |
part of the collection | 9 |
became the property of | 9 |
of the nature of | 9 |
the various editions of | 9 |
is supposed to have | 8 |
of the late rev | 8 |
the property of the | 8 |
were sold for l | 8 |
the other side of | 8 |
of the west saxons | 8 |
that of the late | 8 |
a first edition of | 8 |
the publication of the | 8 |
passed into the possession | 8 |
it is printed in | 8 |
close of the th | 8 |
is by no means | 8 |
at the latter part | 8 |
copies of this catalogue | 8 |
it would appear that | 8 |
the end of this | 8 |
the progress of the | 8 |
to the cause of | 8 |
the prices for which | 8 |
since the days of | 8 |
in my power to | 8 |
is a copy of | 8 |
a collection of books | 8 |
to the effect that | 8 |
to the lot of | 8 |
was at the sign | 8 |
presented with the following | 8 |
is scarcely necessary to | 8 |
of this kind of | 8 |
bound in blue turkey | 8 |
copy of the same | 8 |
number of curious and | 8 |
a complete set of | 8 |
in possession of the | 8 |
the love of books | 8 |
of the libraries of | 8 |
of gold and silver | 8 |
copy of the catalogue | 8 |
i am in possession | 8 |
in the last century | 8 |
it was purchased by | 8 |
gift of books to | 8 |
in the preface to | 8 |
i do not know | 8 |
of books in the | 8 |
in the following year | 8 |
am in possession of | 8 |
realized a total of | 8 |
a few years after | 8 |
he gave to the | 8 |
in the first edition | 8 |
the true spirit of | 8 |
to the university of | 8 |
it has been my | 8 |
the number of copies | 8 |
to be the first | 8 |
of the owner of | 8 |
some of the books | 8 |
every thing connected with | 8 |
in the general case | 8 |
half a century ago | 8 |
the second volume of | 8 |
some of the more | 8 |
of the rarest occurrence | 8 |
life and death of | 8 |
the best editions of | 8 |
of part of the | 8 |
the reader may consult | 8 |
to the earl of | 8 |
large paper copies of | 8 |
in the face of | 8 |
very fine and rare | 8 |
of the most famous | 8 |
it is certain that | 8 |
during the middle ages | 8 |
it may be mentioned | 8 |
to one of the | 8 |
to say nothing of | 8 |
acted by the lord | 8 |
the owner of this | 8 |
did not fail to | 8 |
a certain amount of | 8 |
the opening of the | 8 |
of which there are | 8 |
in the early part | 8 |
the late duke of | 8 |
end of the last | 8 |
one of the finest | 8 |
under the auspices of | 8 |
it is time to | 8 |
the symptoms of the | 8 |
the duke of marlborough | 8 |
of this class of | 8 |
was not to be | 8 |
a quarter of a | 8 |
the jugemens des savans | 8 |
tells us that the | 8 |
the form of a | 8 |
there is a very | 8 |
a fine collection of | 8 |
it is one of | 8 |
the transcription of books | 8 |
but it is a | 8 |
the last of the | 8 |
which may be found | 8 |
a similar copy of | 7 |
the game of chess | 7 |
of those who have | 7 |
his copy of the | 7 |
sale of the books | 7 |
as one of the | 7 |
towards the end of | 7 |
of the curious and | 7 |
in the th century | 7 |
of the house of | 7 |
to the conclusion that | 7 |
in the days of | 7 |
the best edition of | 7 |
in the true spirit | 7 |
will be pleased to | 7 |
the reader will be | 7 |
the editions of the | 7 |
in the public library | 7 |
whose shop was at | 7 |
to the memory of | 7 |
he appears to have | 7 |
are not to be | 7 |
of the mazarin bible | 7 |
the editio princeps of | 7 |
sale of his books | 7 |
i know of no | 7 |
from the press of | 7 |
nearly half a century | 7 |
the contents of the | 7 |
catalogue of the curious | 7 |
in the list of | 7 |
sold by auction in | 7 |
des livres rares et | 7 |
the house of commons | 7 |
with a copy of | 7 |
in the catalogue of | 7 |
in the language of | 7 |
can be no doubt | 7 |
a large paper copy | 7 |
to the amount of | 7 |
as well as an | 7 |
other side of the | 7 |
of gower and chaucer | 7 |
say a few words | 7 |
is upon large paper | 7 |
anecdotes of literature and | 7 |
on the authority of | 7 |
the back of the | 7 |
and it is not | 7 |
by auction at st | 7 |
the cause of the | 7 |
in connection with the | 7 |
at the expense of | 7 |
e la vie seint | 7 |
of a century ago | 7 |
to the best of | 7 |
in the middle of | 7 |
in the habit of | 7 |
be seen in the | 7 |
it would be a | 7 |
king of the west | 7 |
in the monastery of | 7 |
to the study of | 7 |
on the day of | 7 |
sale of the library | 7 |
that some of the | 7 |
the history of this | 7 |
literature and scarce books | 7 |
the printer of this | 7 |
we may judge from | 7 |
in the words of | 7 |
of the literature of | 7 |
the marquis of bute | 7 |
by means of the | 7 |
which will be sold | 7 |
choice collection of books | 7 |
the th of february | 7 |
imperial library at paris | 7 |
the admiration of the | 7 |
years of his life | 7 |
the rise and progress | 7 |
in regard to the | 7 |
rise and progress of | 7 |
can be no question | 7 |
catalogue of the same | 7 |
edition of the typographical | 7 |
as we have seen | 7 |
my copy of this | 7 |
the way in which | 7 |
a list of the | 7 |
history and antiquities of | 7 |
old and new testament | 7 |
the books of the | 7 |
and of which the | 7 |
as well as to | 7 |
to be in the | 7 |
copy of the editio | 7 |
the history and antiquities | 7 |
two copies of the | 7 |
the character of the | 7 |
of this kind in | 7 |
to do justice to | 7 |
many of the most | 7 |
the eye of the | 7 |
the residence of the | 7 |
of which it is | 7 |
to the monastery of | 7 |
quarter of a century | 7 |
could not have been | 7 |
he was born in | 7 |
is to be found | 7 |
of the author of | 7 |
now preserved in the | 7 |
it must be remembered | 7 |
in those old days | 7 |
of the most remarkable | 7 |
in the matter of | 7 |
in addition to the | 7 |
antiquities of great britain | 7 |
portrait of the author | 7 |
of the book of | 7 |
in his history of | 7 |
copies of the first | 7 |
to the number of | 7 |
valuable collection of books | 7 |
it was to be | 7 |
the life of the | 7 |
the sale of his | 7 |
fine collection of books | 7 |
is printed in the | 7 |
greater part of them | 7 |
in spite of the | 7 |
copy of this work | 7 |
an act of parliament | 7 |
the th of april | 7 |
the th of november | 7 |
in which they were | 7 |
the time of henry | 7 |
of the same name | 7 |
the th of june | 7 |
amount of the sale | 7 |
of the books of | 7 |
of the number of | 7 |
it must have been | 7 |
is presented with the | 7 |
during the reign of | 7 |
i know not whether | 7 |
the monks of old | 7 |
printed in the fifteenth | 7 |
a large collection of | 7 |
of a copy of | 7 |
the abbey of st | 7 |
about the same time | 7 |
i am not aware | 7 |
was purchased by mr | 7 |
collection of books in | 7 |
purchased by the late | 7 |
were sold by auction | 7 |
of our own country | 7 |
means of its cure | 7 |
the catalogues of the | 7 |
of wynkyn de worde | 7 |
of the very first | 7 |
of literature and scarce | 7 |
the first folio shakespeare | 7 |
we are indebted for | 7 |
of greek and latin | 7 |
does not appear to | 7 |
this is a very | 7 |
symptoms of the disease | 7 |
by the space of | 6 |
and many of the | 6 |
shall we say to | 6 |
the face of the | 6 |
if we may judge | 6 |
as we have said | 6 |
des livres du cabinet | 6 |
be numbered among the | 6 |
on his own account | 6 |
there is a copy | 6 |
the body of the | 6 |
on the banks of | 6 |
manner in which the | 6 |
library of earl spencer | 6 |
by de la monnoye | 6 |
the number of articles | 6 |
and the rest of | 6 |
i am not sure | 6 |
in two folio volumes | 6 |
and valuable collection of | 6 |
of the old and | 6 |
that he had no | 6 |
in the eyes of | 6 |
produced the sum of | 6 |
volum del romaunce de | 6 |
of the city of | 6 |
elegantly bound in russia | 6 |
the course of his | 6 |
the attention of the | 6 |
for the gratification of | 6 |
does not seem to | 6 |
made up of the | 6 |
men of the time | 6 |
of which he had | 6 |
middle of the sixteenth | 6 |
he was one of | 6 |
not appear to have | 6 |
will be seen that | 6 |
seem to have been | 6 |
of some of our | 6 |
and is now in | 6 |
the reader is presented | 6 |
in the preface of | 6 |
are indebted for the | 6 |
came to pass that | 6 |
one hundred and twenty | 6 |
the library of this | 6 |
have not been able | 6 |
we have already seen | 6 |
the last few years | 6 |
say a word or | 6 |
that he was a | 6 |
in the university of | 6 |
copy of this book | 6 |
was for many years | 6 |
in my introduction to | 6 |
reader is presented with | 6 |
the cause of learning | 6 |
that the author of | 6 |
and truly valuable library | 6 |
a matter of fact | 6 |
in the finest preservation | 6 |
end of the room | 6 |
there are a few | 6 |
the reign of james | 6 |
in his preface to | 6 |
with respect to the | 6 |
part of the sixteenth | 6 |
is taken from a | 6 |
in addition to this | 6 |
who seems to have | 6 |
in addition to these | 6 |
in a similar manner | 6 |
begin to be sold | 6 |
for an account of | 6 |
as early as the | 6 |
the midst of the | 6 |
to the church of | 6 |
great number of the | 6 |
is not the place | 6 |
to the greek and | 6 |
from the fact that | 6 |
illustrations of gower and | 6 |
principal librarian of the | 6 |
many of the books | 6 |
the purity of the | 6 |
bound in blue morocco | 6 |
which were sold for | 6 |
the study of bibliography | 6 |
the early history of | 6 |
of the bishops of | 6 |
the king of france | 6 |
paper copy of the | 6 |
the discovery of the | 6 |
and the fine arts | 6 |
to the bodleian library | 6 |
in the cottonian library | 6 |
from the same authority | 6 |
on the back of | 6 |
shape of a book | 6 |
the church of rome | 6 |
in the german language | 6 |
be regarded as the | 6 |
one side of the | 6 |
it is not a | 6 |
seems to have had | 6 |
by far the most | 6 |
the most famous of | 6 |
the care of the | 6 |
was the author of | 6 |
the total of the | 6 |
in the spring of | 6 |
was purchased by the | 6 |
in the same manner | 6 |
but i am not | 6 |
of the origin of | 6 |
which i have seen | 6 |
extensive collection of books | 6 |
of a book was | 6 |
of his own times | 6 |
copy is in the | 6 |
i have not been | 6 |
the statutes at large | 6 |
the second edition of | 6 |
of the rise and | 6 |
so well known in | 6 |
of the early english | 6 |
be as well to | 6 |
for the encouragement of | 6 |
in one of these | 6 |
be said to have | 6 |
the eyes of the | 6 |
the most part of | 6 |
i ought to have | 6 |
of sir thomas more | 6 |
the recent edition of | 6 |
will be found a | 6 |
of the bibliomania in | 6 |
of the greek testament | 6 |
the entire library of | 6 |
in our own language | 6 |
so fortunate as to | 6 |
recent edition of the | 6 |
a view of the | 6 |
the literary history of | 6 |
is said to be | 6 |
i have met with | 6 |
of a work which | 6 |
a valuable collection of | 6 |
it is interesting to | 6 |
of the archbishop of | 6 |
will not fail to | 6 |
in the philosophical transactions | 6 |
the interior of the | 6 |
of the same kind | 6 |
in the pursuit of | 6 |
the antiquity of the | 6 |
that he had the | 6 |
the title to the | 6 |
of rare and curious | 6 |
one of the very | 6 |
in the earlier part | 6 |
the work of the | 6 |
for the possession of | 6 |
at the foot of | 6 |
that it is a | 6 |
it is necessary to | 6 |
duke de la valliere | 6 |
the learning of the | 6 |
introduction to the classics | 6 |
contains an account of | 6 |
i will not pretend | 6 |
with a sort of | 6 |
copies upon large paper | 6 |
it may be worth | 6 |
lives of the saints | 6 |
it is easy to | 6 |
there is a good | 6 |
in the temple of | 6 |
which will begin to | 6 |
of the late sir | 6 |
in the pages of | 6 |
the substance of the | 6 |
one of the rarest | 6 |
off on large paper | 6 |
the new edition of | 6 |
to be considered as | 6 |
take upon me to | 6 |
preserved in the british | 6 |
the writings of the | 6 |
great britain and ireland | 6 |
the most curious and | 6 |
that it was not | 6 |
of the elizabethan period | 6 |
to have had a | 6 |
the mind of the | 6 |
the monastery of ely | 6 |
the pages of the | 6 |
an interesting account of | 6 |
with the assistance of | 6 |
of the time of | 6 |
of the fourteenth century | 6 |
i am aware that | 6 |
of which we are | 6 |
at his house in | 6 |
one of the first | 6 |
the books in the | 6 |
of the right hon | 6 |
that there should be | 6 |
we are indebted to | 6 |
about the time of | 6 |
what shall we say | 6 |
in which it was | 6 |
as if it were | 6 |
the greater number of | 6 |
of the old english | 6 |
some of the choicest | 6 |
it is not necessary | 6 |
the history of printing | 6 |
of the elegant and | 6 |
divided into two parts | 6 |
only copies of this | 6 |
of some of these | 6 |
will begin to be | 6 |
if ever there was | 6 |
of the royal institution | 6 |
first part of the | 6 |
and in the same | 6 |
are now in the | 6 |
the following is a | 6 |
greater part of the | 6 |
particular account of the | 6 |
the historian of the | 6 |
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in the black letter | 6 |
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printed by the same | 6 |
tragedie of king richard | 6 |
of the editions of | 6 |
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library of the duke | 6 |
catalogue des livres du | 6 |
collection of books and | 6 |
is in possession of | 6 |
not the place to | 6 |
of the roman empire | 6 |
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in the department of | 6 |
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of the new testament | 6 |
the monks in the | 6 |
that they should be | 6 |
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supposed to be the | 6 |
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the author of this | 6 |
number of books which | 6 |
king richard the second | 6 |
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royal and noble authors | 6 |
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if we are to | 6 |
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the treasures of the | 6 |
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first volume of my | 6 |
by no means a | 6 |
bound in green morocco | 6 |
its way into the | 6 |
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address to the reader | 6 |
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for a few pence | 6 |
valuable library of the | 6 |
to point out that | 5 |
the bibliomanical spirit of | 5 |
the marquis of blandford | 5 |
of which only copies | 5 |
only copies were struck | 5 |
before the days of | 5 |
of the character of | 5 |
the earl of surrey | 5 |
the memory of the | 5 |
the reign of edward | 5 |
the same place in | 5 |
the shelves of the | 5 |
de la serna santander | 5 |
of the harleian miscellany | 5 |
and a copy of | 5 |
the dispersion of the | 5 |
general history of printing | 5 |
the title of a | 5 |
if it had been | 5 |
the names of some | 5 |
it is now in | 5 |
bound in russia leather | 5 |
died on the th | 5 |
of the edition of | 5 |
the antiquities of glastonbury | 5 |
manner in which he | 5 |
editions of modern authors | 5 |
much to be wished | 5 |
copies printed upon large | 5 |
must be confessed that | 5 |
i remember to have | 5 |
will not pretend to | 5 |
in his th year | 5 |
preserved in the library | 5 |
your affectionate and dutiful | 5 |
the following is but | 5 |
known by the name | 5 |
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was that of the | 5 |
must be remembered that | 5 |
the father of the | 5 |
to be regretted that | 5 |
of those who are | 5 |
in all parts of | 5 |
were purchased by mr | 5 |
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in the ensuing pages | 5 |
the collector and the | 5 |
numbered among the most | 5 |
books of this kind | 5 |
when compared with the | 5 |
in the end of | 5 |
that of the latter | 5 |
the duke de la | 5 |
the amount of the | 5 |
that the number of | 5 |
be gathered from the | 5 |
a sort of literary | 5 |
the owner of them | 5 |
there is hardly a | 5 |
by his majesties servants | 5 |
was by no means | 5 |
the second and third | 5 |
i have heard of | 5 |
through the medium of | 5 |
my copy of it | 5 |
in the second volume | 5 |
of the most eminent | 5 |
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not so much to | 5 |
most famous of the | 5 |
in this department of | 5 |
of the most successful | 5 |
of the most valuable | 5 |
in spite of his | 5 |
his passion for books | 5 |
in the house of | 5 |
the life and death | 5 |
sold at the same | 5 |
to do with the | 5 |
a great proportion of | 5 |
are taken from the | 5 |
in the tenth century | 5 |
with the arms of | 5 |
it was in the | 5 |
the last and best | 5 |
to be wished that | 5 |
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to the monks of | 5 |
this kind of literature | 5 |
the loss of the | 5 |
copy of it was | 5 |
edition of the greek | 5 |
it is well known | 5 |
it may be as | 5 |
full possession of his | 5 |
for nearly half a | 5 |
in the imperial library | 5 |
the purchase of the | 5 |
is in the library | 5 |
there were only six | 5 |
may be gathered from | 5 |
for the space of | 5 |
of two or three | 5 |
in his younger days | 5 |
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a single copy of | 5 |
to get possession of | 5 |
copy of the second | 5 |
of the printer of | 5 |
fancy we see him | 5 |
very fine copy of | 5 |
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the authority of the | 5 |
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this part of the | 5 |
of the roman catholic | 5 |
in the duke of | 5 |
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has already been made | 5 |
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to the death of | 5 |
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own copy of the | 5 |
took place in the | 5 |
account of some of | 5 |
the duties of a | 5 |
within a few years | 5 |
the day of his | 5 |
not been able to | 5 |
portion of the library | 5 |
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am indebted to the | 5 |
so staked down as | 5 |
to speak of the | 5 |
with the mention of | 5 |
priced copy of the | 5 |
to enrich his own | 5 |
a passion to possess | 5 |
have been able to | 5 |
there is an interesting | 5 |
of a catalogue of | 5 |
which had been the | 5 |
the story of the | 5 |
of many of the | 5 |
us that he was | 5 |
in those days of | 5 |
he died in the | 5 |
in his rd year | 5 |
realized the total of | 5 |
books to the value | 5 |
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body of the work | 5 |
some of the first | 5 |
of the best editions | 5 |
by the monks of | 5 |
in a style of | 5 |
this kind in the | 5 |
of the same book | 5 |
the words of the | 5 |
struck off upon vellum | 5 |
with the names of | 5 |
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collection of greek and | 5 |
the epistles of st | 5 |
us fancy we see | 5 |
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nearly the whole of | 5 |
second part of the | 5 |
of the first folio | 5 |
as an instance of | 5 |
of the most important | 5 |
and among them a | 5 |
the library of st | 5 |
the society of friends | 5 |
all over the world | 5 |
one of the best | 5 |
to every thing connected | 5 |
as a proof of | 5 |
was published in the | 5 |
in the royal library | 5 |
copies of a book | 5 |
but let not the | 5 |
the bishops of england | 5 |
it is true that | 5 |
the day of the | 5 |
struck off on large | 5 |
books of which the | 5 |
not seem to have | 5 |
the book of the | 5 |
specimens of the early | 5 |
page of the first | 5 |
the number of volumes | 5 |
and was succeeded by | 5 |
the city of london | 5 |
to the close of | 5 |
fall of the roman | 5 |
that it would be | 5 |
we have now reached | 5 |
the encouragement of learning | 5 |
passed into the hands | 5 |
in the ensuing year | 5 |
the preservation of the | 5 |
at his own expense | 5 |
of sir thomas bodley | 5 |
now in the possession | 5 |
for the last time | 5 |
too well known to | 5 |
catalogue des livres rares | 5 |
the foundation of a | 5 |
was sold at the | 5 |
to the nature of | 5 |
typographical antiquities of great | 5 |
the reign of queen | 5 |
history of his own | 5 |
the ravages of the | 5 |
on the north side | 5 |
the state of the | 5 |
catch a glimpse of | 5 |
out of the question | 5 |
literature and the fine | 5 |
in the estimation of | 5 |
i cannot refrain from | 5 |
the first two volumes | 5 |
works on natural history | 5 |
is a good deal | 5 |
be regarded as a | 5 |
truly valuable library of | 5 |
from the year to | 5 |
to be had for | 5 |
in the neighbourhood of | 5 |
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the first and second | 5 |
books contained in the | 5 |
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we must not forget | 5 |
the british museum copy | 5 |
in the bibliographical decameron | 5 |
of his books for | 5 |
than that of the | 5 |
may be as well | 5 |
in the sale of | 5 |
the expense of the | 5 |
the head of a | 5 |
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rede me and be | 5 |
best of my recollection | 5 |
the introduction of printing | 5 |
that he was not | 5 |
a little out of | 5 |
copy of the mazarin | 5 |
was to be expected | 5 |
of the aldine press | 5 |
which it is said | 5 |
in the art of | 5 |
during the last few | 5 |
in commendation of it | 5 |
a portrait of the | 5 |
the value of his | 5 |
i am not prepared | 5 |
to the notice of | 5 |
of the first editions | 5 |
a good copy of | 5 |
the inhabitants of the | 5 |
which were to be | 5 |
as a bookseller in | 5 |
it is curious to | 5 |
title to the catalogue | 5 |
the voice of the | 5 |
me and be not | 5 |
of a very different | 5 |
an inquiry into the | 5 |
the north side of | 5 |
of the first volume | 5 |
at the corner of | 5 |
ever there was a | 5 |
is a pity that | 5 |
to say a word | 5 |
the parish of st | 5 |
copies of this kind | 5 |
that the books were | 5 |
may judge from the | 5 |
the lord bishop of | 5 |
to the perusal of | 5 |
the banks of the | 5 |
sold by compton holland | 5 |
a vignette of the | 5 |
as if he were | 5 |
a history of printing | 5 |
a portion of his | 5 |
of the catalogues of | 5 |
if you wish to | 5 |
the subject of the | 5 |
edition of the bibliomania | 5 |
of the existence of | 5 |
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the account of the | 5 |
in the value of | 5 |
his books for sale | 5 |
in the harleian collection | 5 |
the splendor of the | 5 |
of the monks of | 5 |
in the name of | 5 |
of such a man | 5 |
that there was a | 5 |
reign of henry vii | 5 |
the issue of the | 5 |
he had been in | 5 |
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the copies of the | 5 |
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of a public library | 5 |
printed books in the | 5 |
which once belonged to | 5 |
the sale of a | 5 |
the cause of his | 5 |
the midst of his | 5 |
to have been in | 5 |
a few of which | 5 |
greek and roman classics | 5 |
it is said he | 5 |
the remainder of his | 5 |
as we learn from | 5 |
for the transcription of | 5 |
few copies of this | 5 |
end of the year | 5 |
over half a century | 5 |
with a profusion of | 5 |
books in the library | 5 |
of most of the | 5 |
i thank you for | 5 |
in the olden time | 5 |
a considerable portion of | 5 |
catalogue of the mss | 5 |
the death of her | 5 |
first editions of modern | 5 |
annals of the university | 5 |
the genius of the | 5 |
life of sir thomas | 5 |
the original edition of | 5 |
i should add that | 5 |
relating to the education | 5 |
du cabinet de m | 5 |
it is a curious | 5 |
there is not a | 5 |
the difference between the | 5 |
of the sale of | 5 |
editions of the bible | 5 |
to the top of | 5 |
of the entire and | 5 |
i am glad to | 5 |
the value of books | 5 |
end of the seventeenth | 5 |
in the service of | 5 |
the performance of the | 5 |
and for some time | 5 |
a very curious and | 5 |
it was one of | 5 |
copies struck off upon | 5 |
a glimpse of the | 5 |
let us fancy we | 5 |
like that of the | 5 |
a magnificent copy of | 5 |
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collection of old plays | 5 |
affectionate and dutiful son | 5 |
who was born in | 5 |
is a portrait of | 5 |
the most important of | 5 |
of the abbey of | 5 |
copy of this catalogue | 5 |
printed in this manner | 5 |
on the score of | 5 |
the fact that he | 5 |
of the late duke | 5 |
between the years and | 5 |
a thorough bred bibliomaniac | 5 |
the lady of the | 5 |
of the contents of | 5 |
probable means of its | 5 |
he was succeeded by | 5 |
with a number of | 5 |
the notice of the | 5 |
had it not been | 5 |
by the earl of | 5 |
under the following title | 5 |
names of some of | 5 |
two hundred and forty | 5 |
perfect copy of the | 5 |
in the fourteenth century | 5 |
the bibliomaniacal spirit of | 5 |
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of the man who | 5 |
inlaid on large paper | 5 |
must have been a | 5 |
included a number of | 5 |
when he removed to | 5 |
a few specimens of | 5 |
preface to the catalogue | 5 |
now deposited in the | 5 |
to the education of | 5 |
copy of this edition | 5 |
the early english poets | 5 |
the foundation of this | 5 |
from the collection of | 5 |
the invention of printing | 5 |
what has been said | 5 |
the functions of the | 5 |
well known in the | 5 |
the origin of the | 5 |
many of which were | 5 |
year of his age | 5 |
a vast number of | 5 |
an account of some | 5 |
the memory of this | 5 |
it seems to me | 5 |
staked down as in | 5 |
of the college of | 5 |
book which he had | 5 |
to become master of | 5 |
in which they are | 5 |
as far as the | 5 |
to the king of | 5 |
by the duke of | 5 |
come ye not to | 5 |
the fact that the | 5 |
a catalogue of his | 5 |
the bottom of the | 5 |
the portrait of the | 5 |
it is to the | 5 |
never so staked down | 5 |
the library of earl | 5 |
at about the same | 5 |
and that it was | 5 |
the dissolution of the | 5 |
in the hope that | 5 |
will be sold by | 5 |
the shop of a | 5 |
were struck off on | 4 |
reign of henry the | 4 |
with that of the | 4 |
it is evident that | 4 |
it is stated that | 4 |
contents of two noble | 4 |
i have no doubt | 4 |
the reader will not | 4 |
it is a very | 4 |
of some of his | 4 |
when he is informed | 4 |
rest of the old | 4 |
to add that the | 4 |
the prevalence of this | 4 |
in the cotton collection | 4 |
gold and precious stones | 4 |
am not aware that | 4 |
of them in the | 4 |
bibliomania all over the | 4 |
cause of the bibliomania | 4 |
which will be noticed | 4 |
a great favourite with | 4 |
which were in the | 4 |
was drawn up by | 4 |
published in the year | 4 |
the spira virgil of | 4 |
of a certain class | 4 |
to have been printed | 4 |
that he could not | 4 |
to judge of the | 4 |
may be mentioned that | 4 |
the services of the | 4 |
for over half a | 4 |
fellow of the royal | 4 |
were not to be | 4 |
when he was in | 4 |
and it will be | 4 |
is not likely to | 4 |
at the roxburghe sale | 4 |
bound in red morocco | 4 |
the hearts of all | 4 |
with gold and silver | 4 |
and in the midst | 4 |
by the lord chamberlaine | 4 |
know something of the | 4 |
in the same place | 4 |
catalogue of this collection | 4 |
for he was a | 4 |
the books which he | 4 |
with a great number | 4 |
let me not forget | 4 |
copies printed upon vellum | 4 |
a brief account of | 4 |
antiquities of our own | 4 |
the reader has already | 4 |
duc de la valliere | 4 |
of the present age | 4 |
of the most beautiful | 4 |
now in his museum | 4 |
it is not very | 4 |
to be the only | 4 |
impressions of the plates | 4 |
of the royal family | 4 |
am not prepared to | 4 |
two parts of the | 4 |
library of the marquis | 4 |
as we have already | 4 |
the books which the | 4 |
the side of the | 4 |
at the sight of | 4 |
he was born at | 4 |
lost to the world | 4 |
in the second place | 4 |
copies of the bible | 4 |
which was sold for | 4 |
his attachment to the | 4 |
he was admitted into | 4 |
in a manner which | 4 |
for the amusement of | 4 |
to the subject of | 4 |
introduction to the knowledge | 4 |
the history of literature | 4 |
and writings of the | 4 |
he was able to | 4 |
the state of learning | 4 |
autograph on the title | 4 |
the fine things which | 4 |
the west end of | 4 |
his head and heart | 4 |
a picture of the | 4 |
who died in the | 4 |
he was elected a | 4 |
the statutes of the | 4 |
expressed a wish that | 4 |
have the satisfaction of | 4 |
he is a man | 4 |
of books by auction | 4 |
which were sold at | 4 |
is a very scarce | 4 |
it is probable that | 4 |
the class of books | 4 |
part of the century | 4 |
catalogue of the very | 4 |
as the reader will | 4 |
booke called the bible | 4 |
after the example of | 4 |
wynkyn de worde and | 4 |
of the late frederick | 4 |
is the first edition | 4 |
of the manner in | 4 |
a true lover of | 4 |
the contents of two | 4 |
relating to the english | 4 |
he did not know | 4 |
is as good as | 4 |
to the heart of | 4 |
in the execution of | 4 |
who was a man | 4 |
the ravages of time | 4 |
and at the same | 4 |
take the trouble to | 4 |
than a knowledge of | 4 |
it is curious that | 4 |
extraordinary collection of books | 4 |
to the description of | 4 |
as it is sometimes | 4 |
am not insensible to | 4 |
catalogue of the bishops | 4 |
a catalogue of books | 4 |
may be called the | 4 |
round the brow of | 4 |
cause of bibliomania all | 4 |
there will be found | 4 |
all parts of europe | 4 |
fine copy in morocco | 4 |
of greece and rome | 4 |
opening of the th | 4 |
the monks of durham | 4 |
of the bibliophile society | 4 |
entire library of the | 4 |
is to be hoped | 4 |
of the royal library | 4 |
for two or three | 4 |
in defence of the | 4 |
in the present day | 4 |
the value of a | 4 |
a place in the | 4 |
of the sculptured stones | 4 |
literary point of view | 4 |
to him that he | 4 |
part of which were | 4 |
printed by wynkyn de | 4 |
the reader with the | 4 |
the style of the | 4 |
taken for granted that | 4 |
a passion for books | 4 |
that some of them | 4 |
such being the case | 4 |
the part of the | 4 |
the space of more | 4 |
the inside of the | 4 |
the year of our | 4 |
not only in the | 4 |
the absence of the | 4 |
half of the eighteenth | 4 |
in the bibliographical world | 4 |
the true edition is | 4 |
in vico dicto york | 4 |
it was in vain | 4 |
from the catalogue of | 4 |
was born in the | 4 |
the destruction of books | 4 |
and the earl of | 4 |
copy of an illustrated | 4 |
the fathers of the | 4 |
in my heart to | 4 |
and it is said | 4 |
lord chamberlaine his servants | 4 |
will be found at | 4 |
reign of henry viii | 4 |
to recommend it to | 4 |
typographical antiquities of our | 4 |
from the hands of | 4 |
the good duke humphrey | 4 |
the space of six | 4 |
a century and a | 4 |
the society of the | 4 |
the best of them | 4 |
of learning in those | 4 |
year of our lord | 4 |
inherited from his father | 4 |
the preface to this | 4 |
in the literature of | 4 |
you will find that | 4 |
the annals of book | 4 |
may be found under | 4 |
that richard de bury | 4 |
one of the scarcest | 4 |
fine copy in russia | 4 |
present the reader with | 4 |
but there is no | 4 |
a curious collection of | 4 |
from the first edition | 4 |
with the works of | 4 |
find it in my | 4 |
of books printed in | 4 |
that they may be | 4 |
great number of old | 4 |
boke called the pype | 4 |
superbly bound in blue | 4 |
edition of his works | 4 |
are given in the | 4 |
the famous library of | 4 |
as well as their | 4 |
is of the date | 4 |
it in my heart | 4 |
of the first livy | 4 |
we find that the | 4 |
the shadow of a | 4 |
the disposition of the | 4 |
edition of the bible | 4 |
the edges of a | 4 |
to the acquisition of | 4 |
des historiens des gaules | 4 |
the rarity of books | 4 |
service to the cause | 4 |
all the editions of | 4 |
now be had for | 4 |
is another means of | 4 |
account of the library | 4 |
should be in every | 4 |
the duke of bedford | 4 |
under the authority of | 4 |
if he did not | 4 |
i think it is | 4 |
would be interesting to | 4 |
laurentian library at florence | 4 |
years before his death | 4 |
one or the other | 4 |
pype or tonne of | 4 |
at the price of | 4 |
every department of literature | 4 |
it was a very | 4 |
not insensible to the | 4 |
his love of books | 4 |
which was published at | 4 |
duties of a bibliographer | 4 |
the benefit of the | 4 |
to an account of | 4 |
the hospitality of the | 4 |
upon strong writing paper | 4 |
and it is a | 4 |
of the treasures contained | 4 |
has given us a | 4 |
of my introduction to | 4 |
the former of which | 4 |
the most learned and | 4 |
for a long time | 4 |
may be described as | 4 |
of the books printed | 4 |
the preface of the | 4 |
rise to set of | 4 |
for the illustration of | 4 |
prices for which they | 4 |
of the original edition | 4 |
and be not wroth | 4 |
the greatest number of | 4 |
i am enabled to | 4 |
containing the lives of | 4 |
space of six years | 4 |
it is pleasing to | 4 |
in the character of | 4 |
the south side of | 4 |
the boundaries of the | 4 |
th part of the | 4 |
on the fine arts | 4 |
under the pressure of | 4 |
rarely to be met | 4 |
of the inhabitants of | 4 |
it is a little | 4 |
be seen from the | 4 |
in a manner the | 4 |
an account of his | 4 |
at least in the | 4 |
collection of the late | 4 |
the library of dr | 4 |
great and good man | 4 |
reign of queen anne | 4 |
old english and french | 4 |
parts of the world | 4 |
greek and latin authors | 4 |
first book printed in | 4 |
it must be acknowledged | 4 |
as a sort of | 4 |
of the eighth century | 4 |
the pages of his | 4 |
part of the seventeenth | 4 |
great part of the | 4 |
who have fallen victims | 4 |
if i recollect rightly | 4 |
attracted the attention of | 4 |
in the year of | 4 |
one of these was | 4 |
the example of the | 4 |
for the reception of | 4 |
in order that he | 4 |
not be forgotten that | 4 |
which has been the | 4 |
the bibliomania in the | 4 |
love of books and | 4 |
in the pocket of | 4 |
dissolution of the monasteries | 4 |
a great variety of | 4 |
curious account of the | 4 |
of a circulating library | 4 |
during the last half | 4 |
to have recourse to | 4 |
and extensive library of | 4 |
we learn that the | 4 |
in his early youth | 4 |
he did not fail | 4 |
part of the world | 4 |
the greek and roman | 4 |
in consideration of the | 4 |
and for many years | 4 |
the th day of | 4 |
with him in the | 4 |
according to his own | 4 |
the time when the | 4 |
be found under these | 4 |
there were about volumes | 4 |
of a book of | 4 |
the disease of the | 4 |
to know something of | 4 |
reader will find an | 4 |
collectors in this country | 4 |
copy of this first | 4 |
with some of the | 4 |
of the same size | 4 |
order that he might | 4 |
account of this very | 4 |
the public library at | 4 |
purchased at the sale | 4 |
a very early period | 4 |
member of the club | 4 |
now in the library | 4 |
books printed by caxton | 4 |
soul was never so | 4 |
recueil des historiens des | 4 |
to be the most | 4 |
he used to say | 4 |
be pleased with the | 4 |
this department of literature | 4 |
of the collection by | 4 |
but what shall we | 4 |
but there were many | 4 |
disposed to admit the | 4 |
alluded to by lysander | 4 |
which was prefixed a | 4 |
collections of the late | 4 |
some account of this | 4 |
copy of the original | 4 |
which i have been | 4 |
them a copy of | 4 |
the author of it | 4 |
to whom we are | 4 |
his mind to the | 4 |
the subject of this | 4 |
the fine copy of | 4 |
the reputation of the | 4 |
not a few of | 4 |
probable means of cure | 4 |
it might have been | 4 |
the life off the | 4 |
upon the history of | 4 |
the education of youth | 4 |
a corner in the | 4 |
the age in which | 4 |
is very well for | 4 |
a considerable number of | 4 |
some they sent over | 4 |
after the elapse of | 4 |
first edition of shakspeare | 4 |
was first published in | 4 |
what has become of | 4 |
a large proportion of | 4 |
great fire of london | 4 |
names of the purchasers | 4 |
it was here that | 4 |
for a long period | 4 |
a week or two | 4 |
late duke of roxburgh | 4 |
of the influence of | 4 |
des livres de m | 4 |
the works on natural | 4 |
the public libraries of | 4 |
to the honor of | 4 |
of the rare old | 4 |
that a copy of | 4 |
of which a copy | 4 |
of which is in | 4 |
discourse of english poetrie | 4 |
it is very well | 4 |
i am not insensible | 4 |
in a short time | 4 |
a book of the | 4 |
of the prevalence of | 4 |
during the latter part | 4 |
in the times of | 4 |
space of more than | 4 |
as well as splendid | 4 |
and his collection of | 4 |
an introduction to the | 4 |
of the names of | 4 |
peignot tells us that | 4 |
the kindness of mr | 4 |
the best of all | 4 |
of sir robert cotton | 4 |
one hundred and fifty | 4 |
of what are called | 4 |
it would not be | 4 |
in the perusal of | 4 |
may be sure that | 4 |
was in the habit | 4 |
copies of the works | 4 |
beginning every evening at | 4 |
or two of his | 4 |
an extensive series of | 4 |
he was appointed to | 4 |
title of the book | 4 |
and antiquities of the | 4 |
considerable portion of the | 4 |
use of the brothers | 4 |
with a view to | 4 |
i cannot take upon | 4 |
as far back as | 4 |
the public library of | 4 |
life has been written | 4 |
but i know of | 4 |
is here presented with | 4 |
copies of a work | 4 |
to be able to | 4 |
digested by samuel paterson | 4 |
in the quarterly review | 4 |
second volume of the | 4 |
a generation or two | 4 |
were for the most | 4 |
a literary point of | 4 |
the compiler of the | 4 |
not to be considered | 4 |
heures de notre dame | 4 |
have been in the | 4 |
a love of books | 4 |
purchased a copy of | 4 |
which it was the | 4 |
it would be interesting | 4 |
to the beginning of | 4 |
of king henry viii | 4 |
in the appendix to | 4 |
by the kindness of | 4 |
the reader may be | 4 |
early in the present | 4 |
et mis en ordre | 4 |
has a copy of | 4 |
as to render the | 4 |
sale of books by | 4 |
only copies were printed | 4 |
availed himself of the | 4 |
was knocked down to | 4 |
library of the former | 4 |
a knowledge of the | 4 |
the first in the | 4 |
of the quantity of | 4 |
beginning of the present | 4 |
of works relating to | 4 |
that part of the | 4 |
those who have been | 4 |
of books and of | 4 |
latter half of the | 4 |
have fallen victims to | 4 |
we are not surprised | 4 |
from a catalogue of | 4 |
of the collections of | 4 |
the sale catalogue of | 4 |
the bulk of the | 4 |
le quel sount contenuz | 4 |
it may be here | 4 |
the transactions of the | 4 |
as i have already | 4 |
of the ancient classics | 4 |
he is informed that | 4 |
private libraries of new | 4 |
to those who are | 4 |
the laws of the | 4 |
de worde and pynson | 4 |
biographical history of england | 4 |
was the son of | 4 |
in the choice of | 4 |
the exception of the | 4 |
of the first part | 4 |
in the world of | 4 |
all parts of the | 4 |
the size of the | 4 |
as are those of | 4 |
an account of this | 4 |
the corner of the | 4 |
the valuable collection of | 4 |
of a man of | 4 |
of so great a | 4 |
the greatest part of | 4 |
his knowledge of the | 4 |
sold by public auction | 4 |
the books printed by | 4 |
the fury of the | 4 |
it is supposed to | 4 |
of his books in | 4 |
of a number of | 4 |
of by public auction | 4 |
in more than one | 4 |
it was sold in | 4 |
as to the value | 4 |
as a means of | 4 |
at a loss to | 4 |
that we have not | 4 |
in the style of | 4 |
the first book printed | 4 |
the great work which | 4 |
is but an imperfect | 4 |
of alphabetical order in | 4 |
second edition of the | 4 |
catalogue of the elegant | 4 |
i am inclined to | 4 |
of the most splendid | 4 |
the books contained in | 4 |
to dine with him | 4 |
to give a few | 4 |
the private libraries of | 4 |
in the church of | 4 |
and general symptom of | 4 |
waken lords and ladies | 4 |
the library of ramsey | 4 |
i do not care | 4 |
that it is not | 4 |
not to have been | 4 |
there were to be | 4 |
two years and a | 4 |
there would be no | 4 |
we are informed that | 4 |
it is said of | 4 |
the sale of books | 4 |
in the study of | 4 |
not fail to pay | 4 |
in the person of | 4 |
in the low countries | 4 |
at the cost of | 4 |
in the thirteenth century | 4 |
at the back of | 4 |
the cause of bibliomania | 4 |
of his head and | 4 |
the loan of a | 4 |
of the greater part | 4 |
antiquity of the british | 4 |
the end of his | 4 |
a glance at the | 4 |
the man who has | 4 |
so many and such | 4 |
in this country who | 4 |
one of the oldest | 4 |
great number of curious | 4 |
the library of john | 4 |
the first time in | 4 |
the duke of sussex | 4 |
relating to the drama | 4 |
one of the greatest | 4 |
for the purchase of | 4 |
is much to be | 4 |
as well as with | 4 |
find some account of | 4 |
the lord chamberlaine his | 4 |
the service of his | 4 |
to the same effect | 4 |
have no means of | 4 |
in his travels in | 4 |
the most beautiful and | 4 |
to the edition of | 4 |
in the abbey of | 4 |
to his catalogue of | 4 |
to mention his name | 4 |
a history of the | 4 |
value of a book | 4 |
the same by the | 4 |
of the late dr | 4 |
a work of this | 4 |
in the class of | 4 |
but an imperfect specimen | 4 |
of milton and spenser | 4 |
library was sold in | 4 |
the third volume of | 4 |
it may be said | 4 |
that he is a | 4 |
love to all from | 4 |
that he had been | 4 |
from rise to set | 4 |
the latter of whom | 4 |
it is much to | 4 |
called the pype or | 4 |
have been unable to | 4 |
the promulgation of the | 4 |
a statement of the | 4 |
of richard de bury | 4 |
collection of printed books | 4 |
collection of old ballads | 4 |
great number of them | 4 |
with a variety of | 4 |
who has illustrated a | 4 |
analysis of his library | 4 |
to the works of | 4 |
is not necessary to | 4 |
glosati in uno volumine | 4 |
books to the library | 4 |
there are too many | 4 |
passion for collecting books | 4 |
the track of the | 4 |
cannot take upon me | 4 |
libraries of new york | 4 |
to find that the | 4 |
the preservation of literature | 4 |
of books which are | 4 |
were printed upon large | 4 |
the college of physicians | 4 |
a man of taste | 4 |
was never so staked | 4 |
the libraries of all | 4 |
catalogue of the harleian | 4 |
to the preservation of | 4 |
which it had been | 4 |
at the period of | 4 |
with a sight of | 4 |
of the antiquities of | 4 |
the luxury of a | 4 |
the latter half of | 4 |
my edition of the | 4 |
be this as it | 4 |
the hands of a | 4 |
book of common prayer | 4 |
antiquities of the university | 4 |
is the one which | 4 |
he had not the | 4 |
the last half century | 4 |
was succeeded by his | 4 |
they appear to have | 4 |
he was fond of | 4 |
the sake of the | 4 |
the most interesting of | 4 |
and that is the | 4 |
in the instance of | 4 |
the owner of such | 4 |
the whole of his | 4 |
bought at the sale | 4 |
a book which he | 4 |
we are told by | 4 |
the fifth volume of | 4 |
which are to be | 4 |
used to say that | 4 |
to begin on monday | 4 |
the days of old | 4 |
a great quantity of | 4 |
of ancient and modern | 4 |
gave to the church | 4 |
in the present century | 4 |
on the construction of | 4 |
to part with it | 4 |
the life of this | 4 |
manner in which it | 4 |
in his description of | 4 |
are told that the | 4 |
it is like the | 4 |
that the greater part | 4 |
which appear to have | 4 |
was the first who | 4 |
the upper end of | 4 |
into the belief that | 4 |
and many others equally | 4 |
to the commencement of | 4 |
what can be more | 4 |
or the other of | 4 |
the market value of | 4 |
a number of volumes | 4 |
but one of the | 4 |
elected abbot in the | 4 |
a record of the | 4 |
the idea of a | 4 |
the past few years | 4 |
for it is a | 4 |
the key of the | 4 |
of his attachment to | 4 |
since the publication of | 4 |
english and french literature | 4 |
account of the book | 4 |
the midst of all | 4 |
the affairs of the | 4 |
would be pleased to | 4 |
which he had been | 4 |
a proof that the | 4 |
the sum of l | 4 |
a booke called the | 4 |
the reader is here | 4 |
valuable library of john | 4 |
to the late mr | 4 |
the knowledge of rare | 4 |
it is hard to | 4 |
to some of the | 4 |
that it is the | 4 |
edition of the bibliotheca | 4 |
sir roger de coverley | 4 |
only six copies printed | 4 |
the said joseph williams | 4 |
the north of england | 4 |
the loan of his | 4 |
it will be observed | 4 |
certain it is that | 4 |
of the books contained | 4 |
once or twice a | 4 |
of the fine arts | 4 |
the revival of learning | 4 |
the heart of the | 4 |
he died on the | 4 |
victims to the bibliomania | 4 |
the ne plus ultra | 4 |
lords and ladies gay | 4 |
disease of the bibliomania | 4 |
of the former of | 4 |
only six copies of | 4 |
elected in the year | 4 |
works of the fathers | 4 |
of more or less | 4 |
bound in one volume | 4 |
page of the catalogue | 4 |
as if he had | 4 |
what might have been | 4 |
the loss of his | 4 |
during the time of | 4 |
very choice collection of | 4 |
it will not be | 4 |
of which we have | 4 |
my good fortune to | 4 |
was prefixed a print | 4 |
of a similar nature | 4 |
of rare and valuable | 4 |
editions of milton and | 4 |
scarcely necessary to say | 4 |
the british museum for | 4 |
the collection of mr | 4 |
fifty copies of this | 4 |
to the extent of | 4 |
that they are not | 4 |
the editio princeps homer | 4 |
the curious and valuable | 4 |
it is probably the | 4 |
by the appearance of | 4 |
in the book of | 4 |
to set of sun | 4 |
and as to the | 4 |
to the office of | 4 |
lady of the lake | 4 |
which we have seen | 4 |
rare and curious volumes | 4 |
of the monastic libraries | 4 |
as well as by | 4 |
the th of january | 4 |
the late frederick locker | 4 |
from the perusal of | 4 |
any other of the | 4 |
the marquis of lansdowne | 4 |
an intimate friend of | 4 |
as if it had | 4 |
portrait bookplate of mr | 4 |
with the contents of | 4 |
years after the death | 4 |
was for a long | 4 |
similar copy of the | 4 |
to be disposed of | 4 |
there is not much | 4 |
strong and general symptom | 4 |
from beginning to end | 4 |
at the court of | 4 |
will be seen from | 4 |
so far as he | 4 |
are said to have | 4 |
of rare books and | 4 |
a long list of | 4 |
of all the symptoms | 4 |
some day or other | 4 |
for the library of | 4 |
it only remains to | 4 |
some of the rarest | 4 |
it has been said | 4 |
from the charge of | 4 |
have met with instances | 4 |
with my own hand | 4 |
ne plus ultra of | 4 |
impression on india paper | 4 |
sold at the sale | 4 |
at dinner and supper | 4 |
a certain class of | 4 |
out of alphabetical order | 4 |
in which it is | 4 |
all the fine things | 4 |
his library was sold | 4 |
of a part of | 4 |
that the monks of | 4 |
number of copies of | 4 |
of the greater number | 4 |
many of them are | 4 |
he made use of | 4 |
reader will be pleased | 4 |
reader with the following | 4 |
editions of a work | 4 |
the description of the | 4 |
the laird of grandholm | 4 |
and is described by | 4 |
must not forget that | 4 |
the throne of england | 4 |
to the knowledge of | 4 |
gold and silver and | 4 |
is said that the | 4 |
of bibliomania all over | 4 |
it ought to be | 4 |
in the presence of | 4 |
best editions of the | 4 |
this as it may | 4 |
of the harleian mss | 4 |
of some of their | 4 |
knowledge of the greek | 4 |
a choice collection of | 4 |
golden manual of prayers | 4 |
rest of the world | 4 |
as it has been | 4 |
in which he lived | 4 |
of the round table | 4 |
perfect copy of this | 4 |
a priced catalogue of | 4 |
curious and uncommon books | 4 |
of the fatality of | 4 |
the third part of | 4 |
he was compelled to | 4 |
entire and valuable library | 4 |
the interest of the | 4 |
from a priced copy | 4 |
he was not only | 4 |
that the former was | 4 |
two of the most | 4 |
as an amator librorum | 4 |
with an account of | 4 |
compiler of the catalogue | 4 |
rare and interesting books | 4 |
of the british church | 4 |
an amusing account of | 4 |
he had been a | 4 |
for my own part | 4 |
is interesting to note | 4 |
to be given to | 4 |
of such books as | 4 |
copy of the work | 4 |
of printed books and | 4 |
following is but an | 4 |
the members of the | 4 |
the tragedie of king | 4 |
catalogue is as follows | 4 |
it may be so | 4 |
as the author of | 4 |
in my edition of | 4 |
so passionately fond of | 4 |
the old english typographers | 4 |
the influence of this | 4 |
years and a half | 4 |
found under these heads | 4 |
to come to the | 4 |
the formation of the | 4 |
of a man who | 4 |
and is one of | 4 |
necessary to say that | 4 |
of the bibliographical decameron | 4 |
printed on large paper | 4 |
the appearance of the | 4 |
as well as his | 4 |
and love of books | 4 |
am not sure whether | 4 |
to him by the | 4 |
i was about to | 4 |
know of no other | 4 |
the entire and valuable | 4 |
general symptom of the | 4 |
of the progress of | 4 |
for the credit of | 4 |
is recorded in the | 4 |
edition of the same | 4 |
of the times in | 4 |
in the following pages | 4 |
who was abbot in | 4 |
two or three years | 4 |
extensive library of the | 4 |
which appeared in the | 4 |
i well remember the | 4 |
take we leave of | 4 |
to be delivered to | 4 |
any of the books | 4 |
fine copy of this | 4 |
the learned editor of | 4 |
the collection by t | 4 |
the possession of a | 4 |
a proof of the | 4 |
owner of this collection | 4 |
had the opportunity of | 4 |
which may be seen | 4 |
of the books in | 4 |
in a volume of | 4 |
the hands of mr | 4 |
en le quel sount | 4 |
many of these are | 4 |
been one of the | 4 |
collection was sold at | 4 |
to which was prefixed | 4 |
issued from the press | 4 |
the duke of lauderdale | 4 |
said in commendation of | 4 |
of the class of | 4 |
a book containing the | 4 |
well versed in the | 4 |
thomas de la mare | 4 |
at his sale in | 4 |
was in possession of | 4 |
have now reached the | 4 |
of the various editions | 4 |
of the sale catalogue | 4 |
of the most learned | 4 |
i am not able | 4 |
of the seventh century | 4 |
the first of these | 4 |
in the loan of | 4 |
binding gilding and dressing | 4 |
than any other of | 4 |
copy of this rare | 4 |
was purchased by dr | 4 |
is a work of | 4 |
bibliomania in the middle | 4 |
copy in the british | 4 |
work upon large paper | 4 |
to say a few | 4 |
the result of an | 3 |
of the entire library | 3 |
in his edition of | 3 |
belly which seeketh to | 3 |
than a hundred years | 3 |
which were not to | 3 |
of the first catalogue | 3 |
the nature of his | 3 |
each other in the | 3 |
edition of the works | 3 |
his grace the duke | 3 |
the heat of the | 3 |
to the level of | 3 |
enough for as many | 3 |
of ancient prices of | 3 |
in the way in | 3 |
in the finest condition | 3 |
and the late mr | 3 |
the benefit of his | 3 |
might have been a | 3 |
the par nobile fratrum | 3 |
the most successful of | 3 |
nothing to do with | 3 |
to the preceding work | 3 |
was compiled by the | 3 |
number of rare and | 3 |
the accuracy of the | 3 |
between thirty and forty | 3 |
in his own peculiar | 3 |
to harmonize with the | 3 |
it is not my | 3 |
john murray of sacomb | 3 |
appears to have imbibed | 3 |
by auction by king | 3 |
the midst of a | 3 |
provost and fellows of | 3 |
of the realm of | 3 |
is some consolation to | 3 |
more than a hundred | 3 |
for fear of the | 3 |
his library must have | 3 |
the publication of this | 3 |
the author of an | 3 |
was not a mere | 3 |
the books which were | 3 |
to the fact that | 3 |
of adding to his | 3 |
of the books were | 3 |
which was in the | 3 |
valuable editions of the | 3 |
which would have done | 3 |
the sixth volume of | 3 |
and in one of | 3 |
a list of books | 3 |
being a man of | 3 |
catalogue of the collection | 3 |
that it was a | 3 |
now and then an | 3 |
of the valdarfer boccaccio | 3 |
at the costs of | 3 |
are supposed to have | 3 |
the fulness of the | 3 |
one side of which | 3 |
that belly which seeketh | 3 |
the inscription on the | 3 |
now so it is | 3 |
been fortunate enough to | 3 |
and it was during | 3 |
it is high time | 3 |
to those of the | 3 |
word or two by | 3 |
are copies of this | 3 |
have nothing here to | 3 |
of books to the | 3 |
to the invention of | 3 |
to possess books of | 3 |
the disease called the | 3 |
i subjoin the following | 3 |
but it was not | 3 |
it is taken from | 3 |
may be permitted to | 3 |
in his latter days | 3 |
in favour of his | 3 |
and in the finest | 3 |
of the choice and | 3 |
account of the history | 3 |
than those which are | 3 |
in which it has | 3 |
early in the seventeenth | 3 |
of the first rarity | 3 |
copies of the very | 3 |
ye not to courte | 3 |
was a large room | 3 |
had the reputation of | 3 |
fail to pay due | 3 |
but he did not | 3 |
books which were once | 3 |
for he was not | 3 |
the cause of literature | 3 |
so desolate places for | 3 |
the lover of curious | 3 |
the existence of the | 3 |
reader will find a | 3 |
turning over the pages | 3 |
many of which are | 3 |
the author was a | 3 |
the completion of his | 3 |
according to the original | 3 |
the book of life | 3 |
the grace of god | 3 |
the crumbs that fell | 3 |
was appointed to the | 3 |
the lives of the | 3 |
and yet he hath | 3 |
once the property of | 3 |
sale catalogue is as | 3 |
of his books is | 3 |
had a shop in | 3 |
if there be any | 3 |
maister john murray of | 3 |
it to be the | 3 |
of the royal and | 3 |
to be on the | 3 |
in which they lived | 3 |
to take charge of | 3 |
may be supposed to | 3 |
of the theory that | 3 |
large paper and vellum | 3 |
to the use of | 3 |
which seem to be | 3 |
a more particular notice | 3 |
the help of the | 3 |
there are some curious | 3 |
here presented with a | 3 |
for such a treasure | 3 |
under his own hand | 3 |
of which only one | 3 |
a fine specimen of | 3 |
there was a very | 3 |
the amount of l | 3 |
to think upon the | 3 |
grecian and roman literature | 3 |
a great portion of | 3 |
and the aldine petrarch | 3 |
of some of those | 3 |
hath he occupied in | 3 |
the collection was sold | 3 |
and realized the total | 3 |
not so very long | 3 |
de louis le grand | 3 |
that they have been | 3 |
to have had the | 3 |
let us not forget | 3 |
extensive and valuable library | 3 |
of the library at | 3 |
make its appearance in | 3 |
the life of a | 3 |
seen a copy of | 3 |
was not only a | 3 |
the history of our | 3 |
hundred and fifty years | 3 |
it to the duke | 3 |
the education of boys | 3 |
if i can trust | 3 |
important feature of the | 3 |
of keeping up the | 3 |
collection was an exceedingly | 3 |
was in vain that | 3 |
one of the clock | 3 |
vain might homer roll | 3 |
and now in his | 3 |
and some to rub | 3 |
be supposed to have | 3 |
the most notorious bibliomaniacs | 3 |
i have not found | 3 |
he found he could | 3 |
have heard of a | 3 |
the entrance of the | 3 |
beginning of the last | 3 |
of the french revolution | 3 |