Prices of Books: An Inquiry Into the Changes in the Price of Books which Have Occurred in England at Different Periods, Volumen4G. Allen, 1898 - 275 páginas |
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amount realised Askew Beckford Bible Bibliomania binding Bodleian Library books printed bookseller British Museum catalogue Caxtons century collection collector copy sold copy was bought cost Daniel Dibdin Duke of Hamilton Duke of Roxburghe Earl of Ashburnham Edward eight days English fetched folio gave George George III guineas Halliwell Hamilton Palace Harleian Library Heber Henry high prices imperfect inlaid interesting Item John King large number large paper learned leaves in facsimile Leigh & Sotheby library was sold literary literature lots manuscripts Marquis Marquis of Blandford Messrs Millington morocco Oxford Payne perfect copy Perkins portion present prices of books printed books printed on vellum printers published purchased Quaritch quarto Ratcliffe's red morocco Richard scribes sell shillings sold at Sotheby's sold by auction sold the library Sotheby Sotheby's Steevens Sunderland Thomas tion twelve days valuable vellum verses volumes W. H. Crawford William worth
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Página 10 - Tis not a melancholy Utinam of my own, but the desires of better heads, that there were a general Synod; not to unite the incompatible difference of Religion, but for the benefit of learning, to reduce it as it lay at first, in a few, and solid Authors; and to condemn to the fire those swarms & millions of Rhapsodies begotten only to distract and abuse the weaker judgements of Scholars, and to maintain the trade and mystery of Typographers.
Página 106 - It hath not been usual here in England to make Sale of Books by way of Auction, or who will give most for them ; but it having been practised in other countries to the advantage both of buyers and sellers, it was therefore conceived (for the encouragement of learning) to publish the sale of these books this manner of way...
Página 46 - Evesham, &c. — with success, and am now to address myself, and try my fortune with you. You must not wonder that I begin every day's sale with small and common books; the reason is, a room is some time a-filling, and persons of address and business seldom coming fast, they are entertained till we are full.
Página 81 - Craft of Printing, that at this Day there be within this Realm a great Number cunning and expert in the said Science or Craft of Printing, as able to exercise the said Craft in all Points, as any Stranger in any other Realm or Country...
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Página 86 - That ye shall provide on this side the feast of next coming, one book of the whole Bible of the largest volume in English, and the same set up in some convenient place within the said church that ye have cure of, whereas your parishioners may most commodiously resort to the same and read it...
Página 23 - ... will find some gentle reader content to yawn over it, rather than to open the page of the historian, moralist, or poet. We have heard, indeed, of one work of fiction so unutterably stupid, that the proprietor, diverted by the rarity of the incident, offered the book, which consisted of two volumes in duodecimo, handsomely bound, to any person who would declare, upon his honour, that he had read the whole from beginning to end. But although this offer was made to the passengers on board an Indiaman,...
Página 226 - extant" about the purchase of the late Duke of Roxburgh's copy of the first edition of Shakspeare. A friend was bidding for him in the sale-room : his Grace had retired to one end of the room, coolly to view the issue of the contest. The biddings rose quickly to 20 guineas ; a great sum in former times : but the Duke was not to be daunted or defeated.
Página 82 - Discretions, and to limit Prices as well of the Books as for the Binding of them...