The Book-Hunter in London

The Book-Hunter in London, by
William Roberts

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Title: The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of
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Author: William Roberts
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THE BOOK-HUNTER IN LONDON.
[Illustration]
[Illustration: '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

[Illustration]
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 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
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' 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. 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 207
PATERNOSTER ROW ON A BANK HOLIDAY 209
JOHN EVELYN,