- Roscoe (William), his library, 157
- Rose (J. Anderson), his library, 173
- Rossetti (Dante G.), ‘Sir Hugh the Heron,’ 258
- ‘Roxburghe Ballads,’ 142
- Roxburghe sale, an epoch in book collecting, 17, 147, 153, 175
- Ruskin’s (John) plea for the purchase of the Hamilton MSS., 69; his Works, 259
- Russell (Rev. J. F.), his library, 171
- Russia, libraries in, bought by the yard, 14
- ‘St. Albans, Chronicle of,’ 214; ‘Boke of,’ 215
- St. Paul’s Cathedral library, loss of MSS., 6
- Sallustius (1470), 189
- Salmond (W. D.), his library, 172
- Sangar (Gabriel), sale of his library, 110
- Scot’s ‘Discoverie of Witchcraft,’ 220
- Scott’s (Sir Walter) Novels, 261; published price of his Poems, 96
- Seaman (Lazarus), sale of his library, 105