- Paine (Cornelius), his library, 172
- Paper, deterioration of, 24
- Papillon’s (David) purchase of books, 13
- Paris de Meyzieux, sale of his library, 142
- Pastissier (Le) François (1655), 242
- Paston (John), books sold by his executors to King’s Hall, Cambridge, 56
- ‘Paston Letters,’ extracts from, respecting cost of MSS., 60, 61
- Patents for books, 89
- Paterson (Samuel), auctioneer, 44, 136, 137, 138, 140, 148
- Payne (J. T.), his library, 165
- Payne (Roger), specimen of his binding, 254
- Payne (Thomas), bookseller, 33
- Payne & Foss’s stock, sale of, 176
- Pearson (Major Thomas), sale of his library, 142
- Pellet (Dr. Thomas), sale of his library, 131
- Penn (Granville), his library, 164
- Penrhyn (Lord), his library, 152
- Pepys (Samuel): On the increased price of books after the Fire of London, 28 Subscriber to Ogilby’s lottery, 94 Original published price of the Diary, 97
- Perkins (Frederick), his library, 172
- Perkins (Henry), his library, 165, 175
- Perrault, ‘Contes de ma Mere Loye,’ 242
- Petrarca, 191; ‘Opere’ (1514), 143; his library, 54
- Phillipps (Sir Thomas), his collection of MSS., 73, 174
- ‘Philobiblon,’ editions of, 3
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