CHAPTER XI PRICES OF VARIOUS CLASSES OF BOOKS

Ormerod’s ‘Cheshire,’ 246
Osborne (Thomas), bookseller, 13 Purchase of the Harley library, 30 Charge of over-pricing the books unjust, 32
Ouvry (Frederick), his library, 169
Ovidius, 188
Oxford, book-sales at, 38

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

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