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THE BOOK-HUNTER IN LONDON.
'His soul was never so staked down as in a bookseller's shop.' Roger North.
THE
BOOK-HUNTER IN LONDON
Historical and other Studies of Collectors
and Collecting
WITH NUMEROUS PORTRAITS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
BY
W. ROBERTS
Author of
'The Earlier History of English Bookselling,'
'Printers' Marks,' etc.
LONDON
ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.
1895
CONTENTS.
PAGE PREFACE xiii INTRODUCTION xv EARLY BOOK-HUNTING 1 BOOK-HUNTING AFTER THE INTRODUCTION OF PRINTING 12 FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW 44 BOOK-AUCTIONS AND SALES 98 BOOKSTALLS AND BOOKSTALLING 149 SOME BOOK-HUNTING LOCALITIES 168 WOMEN AS BOOK-COLLECTORS 259 BOOK THIEVES, BORROWERS, AND KNOCK-OUTS 274 SOME HUMOURS OF BOOK-CATALOGUES 293 SOME MODERN COLLECTORS 299 INDEX 323
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE 'HIS SOUL WAS NEVER SO STAKED DOWN AS IN A BOOKSELLER'S SHOP.'—ROGER NORTH Frontispiece IN A SCRIPTORIUM 2 LAMBETH PALACE LIBRARY 5 ROMAN BOOKS AND WRITING MATERIALS 11 EARL OF ARUNDEL'S BADGE 16 SIR ROBERT COTTON
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tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">21 SIR JULIUS CÆSAR'S TRAVELLING LIBRARY 22 ARCHBISHOP USHER 26 WOTTON HOUSE IN 1840 28 MAGDALEN COLLEGE, OXFORD 29 SIR HANS SLOANE'S MONUMENT 30 LITTLE BRITAIN IN 1550 33 CHARLES, THIRD EARL OF SUNDERLAND 37 LONDON HOUSE, ALDERSGATE STREET, 1808 40 ST. BERNARD'S SEAL 43 MR. AUSTIN DOBSON 45 WILLIAM BECKFORD, BOOK-COLLECTOR 48 GEORGE JOHN, EARL SPENCER 51 JOHN, DUKE OF ROXBURGHE, BOOK-COLLECTOR 52 A CORNER IN THE ALTHORP LIBRARY 53 MICHAEL WODHULL, BOOK-COLLECTOR 57 GEORGE NICOL, THE KING'S BOOKSELLER 60 THOMAS FROGNALL DIBDIN, BIBLIOGRAPHER 63 REV. C. MORDAUNT CRACHERODE, M.A., BOOK-COLLECTOR 65 J. O. HALLIWELL-PHILLIPPS 71 CANONBURY TOWER, GEORGE DANIEL'S RESIDENCE 73
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class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE 76 LAMB'S COTTAGE AT COLEBROOK ROW, ISLINGTON 77 WILLIAM HAZLITT 78 THOMAS HILL, AFTER MACLISE 79 SAMUEL ROGERS'S HOUSE IN ST. JAMES'S PLACE 81 SAMUEL ROGERS 82 ALEXANDER DYCE, BOOK-COLLECTOR 83 W. J. THOMS, BOOK-COLLECTOR 88 HOLLINGBURY COPSE, THE RESIDENCE OF THE LATE MR. HALLIWELL-PHILLIPPS 91 JOHN DUNTON, BOOK-AUCTIONEER IN 1698 101 SAMUEL BAKER, THE FOUNDER OF SOTHEBY'S 102 SAMUEL LEIGH SOTHEBY 104 MR. E. G. HODGE, OF SOTHEBY'S 105 A FIELD-DAY AT SOTHEBY'S 106 KEY TO THE CHARACTERS IN THE 'FIELD-DAY AT SOTHEBY'S' 107 R. H. EVANS, BOOK-AUCTIONEER, 1812 109 JOHN WALKER, BOOK-AUCTIONEER, 1776 112 STAIRCASE AT PUTTICK AND SIMPSON'S 113 THE LATE HENRY STEVENS, OF VERMONT 115 MR. JAMES CHRISTIE, 'THE SPECIOUS ORATOR'
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tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">117 BENJAMIN HEATH, BOOK-COLLECTOR, 1738 123 SPECIMEN OF TYPE OF THE MAZARIN BIBLE 125 A CORNER IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM 127 ALDUS, FROM A CONTEMPORARY MEDAL 129 THE FIFTY-SEVEN ALTHORP CAXTONS 134 FROM 'GAME AND PLAY OF CHESSE,' BY CAXTON 135 SPECIMEN OF THE TYPE OF 'THE BOKE OF ST. ALBANS' 137 SPECIMEN PAGE OF TYNDALE'S TESTAMENT, 1526 138 JOHN MURRAY, OF SACOMB, BOOK-HUNTER 139 TITLE-PAGE OF THE FIRST EDITION OF 'THE COMPLEAT ANGLER' 144 FROM THE 'PILGRIM'S PROGRESS,' PART II. 145 CORNELIUS WALFORD, BOOK-COLLECTOR 152 THE SOUTH SIDE OF HOLYWELL STREET 153 EXETER 'CHANGE IN 1826 154 A BARROW IN WHITECHAPEL 155 A BOOK-BARROW IN FARRINGDON ROAD 158 A FEW TYPES IN FARRINGDON ROAD 159 HENRY LEMOINE, AUTHOR AND BOOKSELLER 161 THE LATE EDMUND HODGSON, BOOK-AUCTIONEER 164 ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD, 1606.
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FROM THE CRACE COLLECTION 169 THOMAS BRITTON, 'THE SMALL-COAL MAN,' COLLECTOR OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND MSS. 173 DUKE STREET, LITTLE BRITAIN, FORMERLY CALLED DUCK LANE 175 CHARLES LAMB, AFTER D. MACLISE 177 OLD HOUSES IN MOORFIELDS 178 JONES AND CO. (SUCCESSORS TO LACKINGTON) 180 INTERIOR OF LACKINGTON'S SHOP 181 LACKINGTON'S HALFPENNY 182 THE POULTRY IN 1550 184 THE OLD MANSION HOUSE, CHEAPSIDE 185 GILBERT AND FIELD'S SHOP IN COPTHALL COURT 186 E. GEORGE'S (LATE GLADDING'S) SHOP, WHITECHAPEL ROAD 188 MIDDLE ROW, HOLBORN, 1865 195 WILLIAM DARTON, BOOKSELLER 197 INTERIOR OF DARTON'S SHOP, HOLBORN HILL 198 JAMES WESTELL'S, 114, OXFORD STREET 200 SALKELD'S SHOP—'IVY HOUSE'—IN CLAPHAM ROAD 203 JOHN BAGFORD, SHOEMAKER AND BOOK-DESTROYER 204 MR. TREGASKIS'S SHOP—'THE CAXTON HEAD'—IN HOLBORN 205 DAY'S CIRCULATING LIBRARY IN MOUNT STREET
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href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@22607@[email protected]#Page_207" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">207 PATERNOSTER ROW ON A BANK HOLIDAY 209 JOHN EVELYN, BOOK-COLLECTOR 212 NEWBERY'S SHOP IN ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD 213 CHARLES TILT'S SHOP 221 BUTCHER ROW, 1798 224 CHARLES HUTT'S HOUSE IN CLEMENT'S INN PASSAGE 226 MR. WILLIAM D. REEVES, BOOKSELLER 227 MESSRS. HILL AND SON'S SHOP IN HOLYWELL STREET 231 MESSRS. SOTHERAN'S SHOP IN PICCADILLY 233 HONEST TOM PAYNE 239 HENRY G. BOHN, BOOKSELLER 243 JOHN H. BOHN 244 MR. F. S. ELLIS 245 A CORNER AT ELLIS AND ELVEY'S 246 WESTMINSTER HALL WHEN OCCUPIED BY BOOKSELLERS AND OTHERS 247 JOHN HATCHARD (1768-1849) 252 JAMES TOOVEY, BOOKSELLER 253 JAMES TOOVEY'S SHOP, PICCADILLY 254 BERNARD QUARITCH, THE NAPOLEON OF BOOKSELLERS 256
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href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@22607@[email protected]#illus_262" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">QUEEN ELIZABETH'S GOLDEN MANUAL OF PRAYERS (FRONT COVER) 262 QUEEN ELIZABETH'S GOLDEN MANUAL OF PRAYERS (BACK COVER) 263 THE FRONTISPIECE TO 'THE LADIES' LIBRARY' OF STEELE 266 ELIZABETH PINDAR'S BOOKPLATE 267 THE ESHTON HALL LIBRARY 269 'EARNING HIS DINNER' 275 THE KING'S LIBRARY, BRITISH MUSEUM 276 'STEALS A BOOK, PLACES IT IN A NOVELETTE, AND WALKS AWAY' 280 'HE HAD PLACED THE BOOK IN HIS POCKET. SOMEONE HAD RELIEVED HIM OF IT' 282 THE LATE HENRY HUTH, BOOK-COLLECTOR 300 MR. HENRY H. GIBBS, BOOK-COLLECTOR 302 MR. R. COPLEY CHRISTIE, BOOK-COLLECTOR 303 THE LATE FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON 312 PORTRAIT BOOKPLATE OF MR. JOSEPH KNIGHT 313 'AN ORDER FROM MR. GLADSTONE' 315 PORTRAIT BOOKPLATE OF MR. H. S. ASHBEE 316 MR. T. J. WISE, BOOK-COLLECTOR 317 MR. CLEMENT SHORTER'S BOOKPLATE 318 MR. A. BIRRELL, BOOK-COLLECTOR 319 FACSIMILE OF
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TITLE-PAGE, 'PILGRIM'S PROGRESS,' FIRST EDITION 321