Book-plate of James Bindley, 245
Rev. Dr. Heath, 254
Duke of Roxburghe, 259
Book-stamp of Michael Wodhull, 264
Right Hon. Thomas Grenville, 283
William Beckford, 318
Duke of Devonshire, 364
Small Book-stamp of the Earl of Balcarres, 400
Large Book-stamp of the Earl of Balcarres, 402
Frederick Locker-Lampson, 418
Book-plate of Frederick Locker-Lampson, 419

ROYAL COLLECTORS

Although various books are incidentally mentioned in the Wardrobe
Accounts of the first, second, and third Edwards, there is no good
reason to believe that any English king, save perhaps Henry VI., or any
royal prince, with the exception of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, and
possibly of John, Duke of Bedford, possessed a collection large enough
to be styled a library until the reign of Edward IV. In the Wardrobe
Accounts of that Sovereign, preserved among the Harleian MSS. in the
library of the British Museum, mention is made of the conveyance, in the
year 1480, of the King's books from London to Eltham Palace. It is
stated that some were put into 'the kings carr,' and others into 'divers
cofyns of fyrre,' Several entries also refer to the 'coverying and
garnysshing of the books of oure saide Souverain Lorde the Kynge' by
Piers Bauduyn, stationer. Among the books mentioned are the works of
Josephus, Livy, and Froissart, 'a booke of _the holy Trinite_,' 'a
booke called _le Gouvernement of Kinges and Princes_,' 'a booke called
_la Forteresse de Foy_,' and 'a booke called the _bible historial_.' The
price paid for 'binding, gilding, and dressing' the copy of the _Bible
Historiale_ and the works of Livy was twenty shillings each, and for
several others sixteen shillings each. Other entries show that the
bindings were of 'Cremysy velvet figured,' with 'Laces and Tassels of
Silk,' with 'Blue Silk and Gold Botons,' and with 'Claspes with Roses
and the Kings Armes uppon them.' 'LXX Bolions coper and gilt,' and 'CCC
nayles gilt' were also used.

The first English king who formed a library of any size was Henry VII.,
and many entries are found in his Privy Purse Expenses relating to the
purchase and binding of his books. The great ornament of his collection
was the superb series of v