ave four thousand nine hundred and fifty pounds at Sir J. H. Thorold's
sale in 1884, sold for one hundred and thirty-six pounds, ten shillings.
The Latin Bible of 1462 was disposed of for the same sum; and the unique
vellum Livy, which cost Sir Mark nine hundred and three pounds at the
sale of Mr. Edwards's books in 1815, realised but four hundred and
seventy-two pounds, ten shillings. This volume was bought by Messrs.
Payne and Foss, who sold it to Mr. John Dent, and at the sale of his
collection in 1827 it was acquired for two hundred and sixty-two pounds,
ten shillings by the Right Hon. Thomas Grenville, who bequeathed it to
the British Museum in 1846. The three manuscripts mentioned--The Office
of the Virgin Mary, the Report of Convocation on Henry VIII.'s divorce
from Anne of Cleves, and Dugdale's Visitation of the County of
York--fetched respectively one hundred and sixty-three pounds, sixteen
shillings; two hundred and fifteen pounds, five shillings; and one
hundred and fifty-seven pounds, ten shillings.

Sir M. Masterman Sykes was one of the original members of the Roxburghe
Club, and in 1818 printed for presentation to the members a portion of
Lydgate's Poems. He was the 'Lorenzo' of Dibdin, who describes him as
'not less known than respected for the suavity of his manners, the
kindness of his disposition, and the liberality of his conduct in all
matters connected with books and prints.'

RICHARD HEBER, 1773-1833

Richard Heber, styled by Sir Walter Scott 'Heber the Magnificent, whose
library and cellar are so superior to all others in the world,' was the
eldest son of Reginald Heber, lord of the manors of Marton in Yorkshire,
and Hodnet in Shropshire, and was half-brother to Reginald Heber, Bishop
of Calcutta. He was born in Westminster on the 5th of January 1773, and
was first educated under the private tuition of the Rev. George Henry
Glasse; afterwards proceeding to Brasenose College, Oxford, where he
graduated B.A. in 1796, and M.A. in the following year. In 1822 the
University conferred on him the degree of D.C.L. On the death of his
father in 1804, Heber succeeded to the estates in Yorkshire and
Shropshire, which he considerably augmented and improved. He was one of
the founders of the Athenaeum Club, and in 1821 he was elected a
representative in Parliament for the University of Oxford, but resigned
his seat in 1826. From his earliest years he was an ardent collector,
and Dibdin says that he h