Alphabetical List of Private Book-Owners and Institutional Collections

Abbot, George, Archbishop of Canterbury (1562-1633; bequeathed the majority of his library to Lambeth Palace, more than 2600 volumes): see Jayne, 1956 (pp. 143, 162); Pearson, 1992; Canterbury Cathedral Library: Provenance Names for Books Printed Before 1801

Ace, John (d. 1568?): see Mély & Bishop, 1892 (p. 293)

Advocates' Library, Edinburgh: see Townley, 1990

Agustín, Antonio (1517-1586): see Mayer, 1997

Albani Library: see Clough, 1969

All Saints' Church, Hereford: see Morgan, 1963

All Souls College, Oxford: see Ker, 1971; Craster, 1971

Allen, Thomas (1542-1632): see DNB; Madan, Summary Catalogue, I.80; Jayne, 1956 (pp. 135, 160); Ker, 1948

Allestree, Richard, Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford (1619-1681; bequeathed his library to Christ Church College, Oxford): see DNB; Purcell, 1999

Alleyn, Edward (1566-1626; bequeathed his books to Dulwich College, which he founded in 1619): see Piggott, 1994; Bloomfield, 1997

Andrewes, Lancelot, Bishop of Winchester (1555-1626; bequeathed roughly 370 volumes to Pembroke College, Cambridge, in 1626): see Chambers, 1970; Pearson, 1992; Jayne, 1956 (pp. 50, 153)

Anne de Polignac (d. 1554): see Cahn, 2005

Argenson, Marc Antoine René de Voyer, Marquis de Paulmy (1722-1787): see Lefèvre and Muzerelle, 1988

Argentine, John, Provost of King’s College, Cambridge (d. 1508): see Rhodes, 1967

Arias de Ugarte, Hernando (1561-1638): see Hampe Martinez, 1987

Ariosto, Lodovico (1474-1533): see Chiappini, 1993

Arnold, Andreas (1656-1694): see Blom, 1982

Arnold, Christoph (1627-1685): see Blom, 1982

Arnold, Gottfried (1666-1714): see Blaufuss and Niewöhner, 1995; Breymayer, 1995

Arundel, Henry Fitzalan, twelfth Earl of (1512-1580; acquired most of the library of Archbishop Cranmer; his collection in turn went to John Lumley): see Jayne, 1956 (pp. 106, 140); Jayne and Johnson, 1956

Arundel Library (books collected by Thomas Howard, fourteenth Earl of Arundel, 1585-1646): see Sloane MS 862

Ashley, Robert (1565-1641; left his large library [about 5000 books] to the Middle Temple at his death): see Bloomfield, 1997

Ashmole, Elias (1617-1692): see Bibliotheca Ashmoliana; Macray, 1890; Black, 1845

Ashmolean Museum: see Gunther, 1930

Aubigné, Théodore Agrippa d' (1552-1630): see Banderier, 2004

Auersperg, Wolfgang Engelbrecht, Graf von (1610-1673): see Bircher, 1995

August, Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneberg (1579-1666): see Schmidt-Glintzer, 1998

Aurispa, Giovanni (c. 1376-1459): see Franceschini, 1976

Bacon, Francis: see Bibliotheca Baconica, 1686

Bacon, Sir Francis, Lord Chancellor of England (1561-1626; many books with his armorial stamp survive): see Gaskell, 1979; Maitland, 1847-48; “Catalogue” (BL MS Sloane 629); Harthan, 1960-61; Rogers, 1991 (pp. 124-25)

Bacon, Sir Nathaniel (d. 1622): see Leedham-Green, 1990

Bacon, Sir Nicholas (1509-1579): see West, 2004

Bagford, John (1650/51-1716; gathered many of the ballads later included in the Roxburghe collection): see DNB; Macray, 1890; Fletcher, 1902 (pp. 129-37); De Ricci, 1930; Birrell, 1988; Gatch, 1986

Baker, Thomas (1656-1740): see Korsten, 1990; Korsten, 1999

Bakócz, Cardinal Thomas (ca. 1442-1521): see Csapodi, 1994

Bale, John (1495-1563): see Bodleian Library MS Selden supra 64; Poole, 1902; Jayne, 1956 (p. 106); McCusker, 1935; O'Sullivan, 1995

Balfour, Sir Andrew (1630-1694): see Balfour, 1699; Ovenden, 1999

Balfour, Sir James (1600-1657): see Ovenden, 1999

Baluze, Etienne (1630-1718): see La Frizelière, et al., 1921

Bancroft, John, Bishop of Oxford (1574-1640): see Pearson, 1992; Jayne, 1956 (p. 160)

Bancroft, Richard, Archbishop of Canterbury (1544-1610; his books, roughly 6000 altogether, are now held at Lambeth Palace): see Lambeth Palace, Library Record F1 (manuscript catalogue dated 1612); Pearson, 1992; Jayne, 1956 (pp. 142-43); Carley, 2001

Bandino, Domenico di (c. 1335-1418): see Hankey, 1957

Barking Abbey: see Carter, 1998

Barrington, Sir Thomas (c. 1585-1644): see Bohannon, 1938

Barros, Alonso de (c. 1552-1604): see Dadson, 1987

Barrow, Isaac (1630-1677; gave roughly 60 of his books to Trinity College, Cambridge): see Bodleian Library MS Rawl. D.878, fols. 39-59 (a catalogue listing 1099 volumes); Gaskell, 1980 (p. 131)

Basnage, Jacques: see Lieshout, 1988

Bartholin, Thomas (1616-1680): see Bartholin, 1964

Baxter, Richard (1615-1691; his library was comprised of roughly 1500 volumes): see Nuttall, 1951 & 1952

Bayle, Pierre (1647-1706): see Lieshout, 1988

Beckford, William (1760-1844): see Bemis, 1999

Bembo, Pietro (1470-1547): see Clough, 1984; Danzi, 2005

Benlowes, Edward (1602-1676): see DNB; he gave some of his books to St. John's College, Cambridge; other books with his armorial stamp survive elsewhere

Berkeley, George, first Earl Berkeley (1628-1698; donated his books to Sion College): see Pearce, 1913 (pp. 258-60); Bloomfield, 1997

Berkeley, George, Bishop of Cloyne (1685-1753): see Maheu, 1929; Aaron, 1932

Bernard, Charles (1650?-1710; his library of roughly 2900 volumes was sold at auction in London, 22 March 1711): see DNB; Munby & Coral, 1977; Thornton, 1966

Bernard, Edward, Savile Professor of Astronomy at Oxford (1638-1696): see Bibliotheca Bernardina, 1697; Macray, 1890; Thornton and Tully, 1971; Philip, 1983

Bernard, Francis (1627-1698): see A Catalogue, 1698

Bessarion, Cardinal (1403-1472): see Labowski, 1979

Biblioteca Casanatense: see Cavarra, 1993

Biblioteca Civica Berio (Genoa): see Savelli, 1974

Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana (Venice): see Labowski, 1979

Bibliothèque Nationale de France: see Balayé, 1988; Ledos, 1936

Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève: derived from the abbey library of Sainte Geneviève du Mont, this collection was preserved at the time of the French Revolution and now forms the basis of one of the older collections at the University of Paris; see http://www-bsg.univ-paris1.fr/bsg/histoire.htm

Bielke, Hogenskild (1538-1605): see Undorf, 1995

Bigot, Émery (1626-1689): see Mellot, 1995; Doucette, 1973; Delisle, 1877

Blewitt, Matthew (1653?-1693?): see McLachan, 1951 (p. 134); Munby & Coral, 1977

Blois, Château de: see Thibault, 1989

Blomefylde, Miles (1525-1603): see Baker and Murphy, 1976

Bodleian Library, Oxford: see James, 1600, 1605, 1620; Bodley, 1647; Macray, 1890; Philip, 1983; Rogers, 1991; Bodleian Library, 2002; De la Mare and Gillam, 1988; Jensen, 1999

Bodley, Sir Thomas (1545-1613): see Manley, 1999; Carley, 1997

Bologna, Cathedral of: see Sorbelli, 1902-03

Bonifacio, Giovanni Bernardino, marchese d'Oria (1517-1597): see Welti, 1985

Boothby, Sir William (1638?-1707): see Havens, 1999; Beal, 1998; Doyle, 1998

Borghini, Vincenzo (1515-1580): see Belloni, 2000

Bothwell, Adam (1521-1593): see Shaw, 1983

Bouhier family: see Regnér, 1986

Bowes, John, Prebendary of Durham (1658-1722; bequeathed over 500 books to Durham Cathedral Library): see Pearson, 1986

Boyle, Richard, third Earl of Burlington (1695-1753): see Ayres, 1992

Boyle, Robert (1627-1691): see Feisenberger, 1966; Thornton and Tully, 1971

Brahe, Tycho (1546-1601): see Prandtl, 1933

Brandenburg, Hilprand (1442-1514): see Needham, 1996, 1999; Scholderer, 1950; Auge, 2002

Brereton, Richard (d. 1558?): see Mély & Bishop, 1892 (p. 287)

Bretchgirdle, John (c. 1525-1565): see Fripp, 1930 (pp. 23-31); Greenblatt, 2004 (pp. 93, 95)

Brewster, Dr. William (1655-1715): see Morgan, 1963

Bridgewater, Frances Egerton, Countess of (1583-1636): see Hackel, 2002 and 2005 (esp. pp. 258-81)

Bridgewater House Library (the bulk of which was purchased by Henry Huntington in 1917): see Egerton family (below); Hackel, 1997; Tabor, 1999 (in Baker and Womack, pp. 40-50); Collier, 1837

Bright, Timothy (1551?-1615): see Keynes, 1962

Bristol (City Reference Library of): see Mathews, 1899

Britton, Thomas (1654-1714): see Campbell, 1977

Broekhuizen, Benjamin van (d. c. 1686): see Catalogus Librorum, 1684

Browne, Dr. Edward (1644-1708): see Thornton, 1952-53; Finch, 1986; A Catalogue, 1710-11

Browne, Sir Richard (1605?-1680; father-in-law of John Evelyn, to whom he gave his books): see Maggs Bros., Catalogue 1075 (1987); Christie's Sale Catalogue, 1977 (The Evelyn Library)

Browne, Sir Thomas (1605-1682): see A Catalogue, 1710-11; Finch, 1949-50; Finch, 1982; Finch, 1986; Munby & Coral, 1977

Browne, William (1591-1643): see Gillespie, 2004

Bruto, Giovanni Michele (c. 1515-c. 1594): see Madonia, 1983

Buchanan, George (1506-1582): see Durkan and Ross, 1961

Burgess, Thomas (1756-1837): see Walters, 1994

Burghley: see Cecil, Sir William

Burrough, Sir James (1691-1764; bequeathed his library to Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge): see Gonville & Caius MS 762/374

Burton, Robert (1577-1640; Burton owned over 1700 books, most of which survive either at the Bodleian or in Christ Church College, Oxford): see Kiessling, 1988; Macray, 1890 (pp. 90-93); Kiessling, 1991 and 1996

Burton, William (1575-1645): see Kiessling, 1988

Buxheim Collection (library of the Carthusian priory and monastery of Buxheim, in Swabia): see Honemann, 1995

Byrd, William (1674-1744): see Hayes, 1992

Bysshe, Sir Edward (1615?-1679): see McLachan, 1951, pp. 132ff

Caius, John (1510-1573): see Grierson, 1978

Calfurnio, Giovanni (d. 1503): see Marcotte, 1987

Cambridge University Library: see Oates, 1986; Oates and Pink, 1952; McKitterick, 1986; Leedham-Green and McKitterick, 1997; Pinder, 1657; Bradshaw, 1863; Clarke, 2003; James, 1600; Curtis, 1958

Cambridge, University of (miscellaneous): see Munby, 1960; Gaskell, 1980; Leedham-Green, 1986; Oates, 1958

Camden, William (1551-1623; bequeathed about 180 printed books to Westminster Abbey, and four MSS to the Bodleian in 1600): see Jayne, 1956 (p. 151); DeMolen, 1984; Madan, Summary Catalogue, I:80, I:96

Canevari, Demetrio (1559-1625): see Savelli, 1974

Cantacuzino, Constantin, Stolnicul (1639?-1716): see Dima-Dragan, 1967

Canter, Theodore (1545-1616): see De Gruys, 1985

Capell, Edward (1713-1781): see Greg, 1903

Carafa, Cardinal Oliviero (1430-1511): see Norman, 1987

Cardoso, Jorge (1609-1669): see Fernandes, 2000

Cary, Lucius, second Viscount Falkland (1610-1643; his library at Great Tew was sold by his son in 1656; Archbishop Sheldon rescued it and gave it to All Soul’s College, Oxford, but the College in turn sold it to the Brotherton Library at Leeds in the 1920s; there seems to be no extant catalogue): see McLachan, 1951 (pp. 123-26)

Casanate, Cardinal Girolamo (1620-1700): see Cavarra, 1993

Casaubon, Isaac (1559-1614; some of his books are now held at Marsh's Library, Dublin; many others went to the Royal Library): see Birrell, 1980; Jayne, 1956 (pp. 43, 144); Macray, 1890 (p. 136)

Casaubon, Meric (1599-1671; at Casaubon's death Edward Stillingfleet bought many of his books -- some of which had belonged to his father -- and these are now held at Marsh's Library): see DNB; Birrell, 1980

Castiglione, Baldassare (1478-1529): see Rebecchini, 1998 and 2000

Castro y Quiñones, Pedro (1534-1623): see Ollero Pina, 1994

Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536): see Mély & Bishop, 1892 (p. 212)

Catherine de’ Medici (1519-1589): see Mariéjol, 1920

Cecil family: see Cecil, 1973; Hatfield House MS (dated 1637) listing about 1900 books held at Salisbury House; Marquis of Salisbury, 1963

Cecil, Mildred Cooke, Lady Burghley (1526-1589): see Bowden, 2005

Cecil, Sir William, first Baron Burghley (1520-1598): see Bibliotheca Illustrissima, 1687 (sale of 249 manuscripts and about 4000 printed books, many of the latter not acquired by Cecil); Jolly, 2000; Cecil, 1973; Bloomfield, 1997

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1547-1616): see Eisenberg, 1986, 1987

Chamberlen, Peter (1601-1683): see Library, 1719

Chamelet, Michel de: see Aquilon and Hillard, 1997

Chapelain, Jean (1595-1674): see Searles, 1910, 1912

Charles I, King of England (1600-1649): see Birrell, 1987

Charles II, King of England (1630-1685): see Birrell, 1987

Charles d'Orléans (1393-1465): see Thibault, 1989

Charlotte of Savoy, Queen, Consort of Louis XI, King of France (c. 1442-1483): see Legaré, 2001

Chaucer, Alice, Duchess of Suffolk (d. 1475): see Jambeck, 1998

Chichester Cathedral Library: see Hobbs, 1984

Child, Robert (b. 1613): see Wilson, 1943

Christ Church, Canterbury: see De Hamel, 1997

Christ Church College, Oxford: see Ker, 1986

Christina of Sweden (1626-1689; her library was acquired in Rome at her death by Pope Alexander VIII, and thence became part of the Vatican Library): see Elton, 1895

Clarendon: see Hyde, Edward

Clement, John (fl. 1549): see Reed, 1926

Clifford, Lady Anne, Countess of Pembroke, Dorset, and Montgomery (1590-1676; the "Great Picture" of the Clifford family, a triptych now held at Appleby Castle in Cumbria, shows in its left and right panels various books owned [and possibly studied] by Anne at the ages, respectively, of 15 and 56): see DNB; Hackel, 2005 (pp. 222-40); Harthan, 1960-61; Spence, 1997 (esp. pp. 181-99); Maggs Catalogue #1272 (1999)

Cluj (Romania): see Sipos, 1994

Cocceius, Johannes (1603-1669): see Breymayer, 1982

Codrington, Christopher (1668-1710; bequeathed his collection of more than 12,000 books to All Souls College, Oxford): see Morgan, 1980; Craster, 1971

Coke, Sir Edward (1552?-1634; a catalogue [dated 1634] listing 1237 manuscripts and printed books owned by Coke is held at Holkham Hall): see Hassall, 1950, 1984; Jayne, 1956 (p. 163); Rogers, 1953

Colbert, Jean-Baptiste (1619-1693): see Bloch, 1988; Brunet, 1869-70

Colladon, Sir John (b. 1608): see Bibliotheca Colladoniana, 1713; Munby and Coral, 1977

College of Arms: the earliest catalogue of its library (pre-1633) is commonly attributed to Sampson Lennard

Collins, Martin (d. 1509?): see Mély & Bishop, 1892 (p. 196)

Colón, Don Fernando (1488-1539): see Fernández-Vega, 1998; Rhodes, 1958

Condesa de Lemos: see Lemos

Congreve, William (1670-1729): see Hodges, 1955

Contarini, Jacomo (1536-1595): see Rose, 1976

Convent of St. Antony, Padua: see Humphreys, 1966

Conway, Edward, second Viscount Conway (1594-1655): see Birrell, 1991, p. 124; Roy, 1968; Plomer, 1904; PRO MS SP16/372/111 (a booklist dated 1637)

Cooke, Alexander (1564-1632): see Barnard, 1992

Cooper, Anthony Ashley, third earl of Shaftesbury: see Shaftesbury

Cooper, William (fl. 1668-1688): see Linden, 1987

Cope, Sir Anthony (1549?-1614): see Bodleian MS Eng. Misc. C. 307

Cope, Sir Walter (1553?-1614; Cope owned about 215 medieval manuscripts; he gave 46 manuscripts to the Bodleian in 1602): see Watson, 1987; HMC 3rd Report

Copernicus, Nicolaus (1473-1543; many of his books are now held at Uppsala University Library): see Czartoryski, 1978

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge: see Fletcher & McConica, 1961; James, 1600; Gaselee, 1921; Vaughan and Fines, 1960; Page, 1990; James, 1899

Corpus Christi College, Oxford: see Liddell, 1937-38

Corvinus, Mathias, King of Hungary (1458-1490): see Lengyel, 1978

Cosin, John, Bishop of Durham (1594-1672): see Doyle, 1991, 1999, and 2004; Oates, 1986

Cotton, Sir Robert Bruce (1571-1631; owned about 800 manuscripts, most of which were acquired for the Royal Library in 1700 and are now held in the British Library): see O’Sullivan, 1956; Sparrow, 1931; Tite, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2003; Smith, 1696; British Library Add. MS 35213 (fols. 46r-83v list about 575 books Cotton inherited or otherwise acquired during the 1590s); Sharpe, 1979 (esp. pp. 48-83); Harthan, 1960-61; Wright, 1997; Teviotdale, 1992; Hall, 1999

Cox, Richard, Doctor of Theology (1500-1581): see Leedham-Green, 1990; PLRE, vol. 1

Craddock, Thomas (d. 1684): see Cave, 1976

Craig, John (d. 1620; most of his books ended up at Edinburgh University Library)

Cranmer, Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury (1489-1556): see Selwyn, 1996, 1997; Jayne and Johnson, 1956

Crashaw, William (1572-1626; father of Richard Crashaw; 162 of his manuscripts were purchased by the third Earl of Southampton as a gift for St. John's College, Cambridge): see Jayne, 1956 (pp. 145-46); Harthan, 1960-61; Wallis, 1956, 1960-63; Fisher, 1975; St. John's College, Cambridge, MS U.3

Creech, Thomas (1659-1700; his library was sold at auction in Oxford, 20 November 1700): see Munby & Coral, 1977

Cromwell, Oliver (1599-1658): see Harthan, 1960-61

Cudworth, Ralph (1617-1688; his library was auctioned in London in 1691): see Munby & Coral, 1977; Mandelbrote, 2001

Dackomb, Thomas (1496-c. 1572): see Watson, 1963

Darwin, Charles (1809-1882): see Rutherford, 1908

Daton, William, Bishop of Ossory: see "Library of Bishop William Daton," 1978

Davenant, Edward (d. 1680): see Pearson, 1992

Da Vinci, Leonardo (1452-1519): see Marinoni, 1987

Dee, Dr. John (1527-1608; owned about 350 manuscripts): see Roberts & Watson, 1990; Halliwell, 1842; James, 1921; Medici, 1999

Defoe, Daniel (1660-1731): see Heidenreich, 1970; O'Donovan, 1960; Kelly, 2002

Degli Anastagi, Jacopo di Jacopo (d. 1465): see Banker, 1993

Dering, Sir Edward, MP, first Baronet of Surrenden (1598-1644; his library included more than 1500 books): see Krivatsky and Yaendle, 1992; Lennam, 1965; Leedham-Green, 1990; PLRE, 1:141; Harthan, 1960-61

Desportes, Philippe (1546-1606): see Roudaut, 1996

Devereux, Robert, third Earl of Essex (1591-1646; an inventory of his books and manuscripts is held in the British Library, Add.ms.46189, fols. 155-58): see Alston, 1991; Snow, 1966

D’Ewes, Sir Simonds (1602-1650; D’Ewes owned about 1000 printed books and 600-700 manuscripts, all of which were absorbed into Harley’s library in 1703): see Watson, 1966; Fletcher, 1902

De Thou, J.-A.: see Thou, Jacques-August de

De Wit, Johan (1625-1672): see Catalogue of Books, 1701-1702

Dianne de Poitiers (Madame de Valentinois; 1499-1566): see Porcher, 1926; Bushnell, 1926-27; Sider, 1987

Digby, George, second Earl of Bristol (1612-1677): see Digby, Bibliotheca Digbeiana

Digby, Sir Kenelm (1603-1665; gave 233 manuscripts to the Bodleian): see Digby, Bibliotheca Digbeiana; Delisle, 1892; Macray, 1890 (pp. 78-81); Munby & Coral, 1977; Philip, 1983; Fletcher, 1902; Mandelbrote, 2001; Maggs Catalogue #1212 (1996)

Digges, Dudley (1613-1643; left his books to All Soul's College, Oxford): see Morgan, 1980

Donne, John (1572-1631; over 200 volumes from his library survive, a significant number of them at the Middle Temple in London): see DNB; Keynes, 1973 (Appendix IV); Keynes, 1977 & 1978; Hobbs, 1980, 1984

Drake, Gilbert (d. 1629; bequeathed his books to Wadham College, Oxford): see Morgan, 1980

Drummond of Hawthornden, William (1585-1649; library contained about 1405 titles): see MacDonald, 1971; Rosenblum, 1999

Dryden, John (1631-1700): see DNB; Hammond, 1984; Osborn, 1965; Birrell, 1961; Birrell, 2001

Du Bartas, Guillaume de Salluste, seigneur (1544-1590): see Dauphiné, 1994

Du Prat, Antoine III (c. 1500-1567): see Connat & Megret, 1943

Dupuy, Claude (1545-1594; father of Pierre and Jacques Dupuy; his library of over 2000 volumes was preserved by his sons, then bequeathed to the Royal Library in 1652; ultimately it went to the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, where 70% of the collection still remains): see Delatour, 1998

Durham (monastic libraries of): see Piper, 1978, 1997; Doyle, 1988

Durham Cathedral Library: see Catalogi veteres, 1839

Dyson, Humphrey (1582-1633): see Nelson, The Library of Humphrey Dyson; Dyson, "Catalogue" (MS 117); DNB; Morgan, 1980; Jackson, 1947, 1949; Steele, 1910

Ebrard, Antoine: see Marzac, 1974

Edinburgh University Library: see Guild and Law, 1982; Finlayson and Simpson, 1982

Edwards, Jonathan (1629-1712; bequeathed his library to Jesus College, Oxford): see Morgan, 1980

Egerton family (the Bridgewater Library was founded by Thomas Egerton, Viscount Brackley [1540-1617], and augmented by his son John, first Earl of Bridgewater [1579-1649], as well as John's wife Frances, Countess of Bridgewater [see below]): see DNB; Pargeter, 1977; Hackel, 1997 and 2005; Tabor, 1999 (in Baker and Womack, pp. 40-50); Collier, 1837

Egerton, Frances, Countess of Bridgewater (1583-1636): see Hackel, 2005 (pp. 258-81)

Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1533-1603; her library had at least 300 volumes, according to Durkan, 1988, p. 74): see Birrell, 1987

Elwes, Sylvius (1576-1638; gave 184 printed books to Trinity College, Cambridge): see Gaskell, 1980; Jayne, 1956 (p. 168); Trinity College MS R.17.7 (pp. 107-9)

Emmanuel College, Cambridge: see Bush and Rasmussen, 1986

Engelbrecht II van Nassau (1451-1504): see Vosters, 1994

English, John (1586-1613; fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford; his probate inventory lists 518 printed books and manuscripts): see Costin, 1946-47; Jayne, 1956 (p. 144)

Erasmus, Desiderius (1469?-1536): see Armandi, 1993; Husner, 1936; Woudhuysen, 1984; Kraye, 1990; Davies, 1990

Este, Borso d' (1413-1471): see Bertoni, 1926

Este family, rulers of Ferrara and Modena: see Bertoni, 1903

Estienne, Henri (1531-1598): see the index to his Epistola, which lists many of his books; Schreiber, 1982; Henri Estienne, 1988

Estienne, Robert (1503-1559): see Mosher, 1979; Breugelmans, 1980

Etherege, Sir George (1636-1691): see Beal, 1988, 2002; DNB

Eton College Library: see Birley, 1956, 1970

Eugène de Savoie-Carignan (1663-1736): see Kalmár, 1993

Evelyn, John (1620-1706; amassed a collection of more than 5000 volumes; the library was sold at auction in 1977): see Hunter, 1995; Bédoyère, 1994; Christie, Manson & Woods, 1977 (sale catalogue); Jayne, 1956 (p. 168); and a 1995 issue of The Book Collector (vol. 44:2) devoted to Evelyn in the British Library

Exeter Cathedral: see Schenk, 1949; Mély & Bishop, 1892 (p. 196; an inventory dated 1506); Lloyd, 1967

Fabricius, Hieronymus, ab Aquapendente (1533-1619): see Benetti, 1976-77

Fairfax, Charles (1597-1673): see Baker, 1978

Falck, Peter (1468?-1519): see Wagner, 1926

Falkland: see Cary, Lucius, Viscount Falkland

Farbeck, John (d. 1597?): see Mély & Bishop, 1892 (pp. 299-300)

Felipe II, King of Spain (1527-1598): see Sánchez-Molero, 1998

Fell, John, Bishop of Oxford (1625-1686; many of his books and manuscripts went to the Bodleian): see DNB; Purcell, 1999

Fenton, Joseph (d. 1634): see Fenton, 1606; Pearson, 2003

Ferrers, Henry (1550-1633): see Morgan, 1973

Fielding, Henry (1707-1754): see Ribble and Ribble, 1996

Fillastre, Guillaume (c. 1400-1473): see Jeudy, 2002

Fischart, Johann (1546-1590): see Hoffmann, 1996

Fitch, William Stevenson (1792-1859): see Freeman, 1997

Fitzalan, Henry, twelfth Earl of Arundel: see Arundel

Flamsteed, John (1646-1719): see Forbes, 1973

Fletcher, Andrew, of Saltoun (1653?-1716): see Willems, 1999

Florio, John (1553-1625; left about 340 Italian, French, and Spanish books to William Herbert, third earl of Pembroke): see PRO, PROB 11/149

Foley family (including Thomas Foley [1617-1677], his son Paul Foley [1645?-1699], and Thomas Foley [1695?-1749]): see Freeman and Freeman, 1990.

Fontenettes, Louis de (d. 1661): see Rambaud, 1920

Forbes, James (1629?-1712; gave his library of roughly 1300 volumes to the Congregational Church in Gloucester; the collection is now held at the University of Toronto): see Heyworth, 1970

Forman, Simon (1552-1611): see Traister, 2001 (esp. pp. 120-44)

Forster, Richard (d. 1728; bequeathed his books to the Crundale Rectory Library in Kent): see Pearson, 1989 (p. 35)

Franciscans (of Siena; of the Convent of St. Antony in Padua): see Humphreys, 1978, 1966

Franckenberg, Abraham von (1593-1652): see Bruckner, 1988

François de Sales, Saint (1567-1622): see Carrera Ferreiro, 2002

Friars' libraries (monastic libraries): see Humphreys, 1990; Piper, 1978, 1997

Frith, Philip (d. 1670; bequeathed his books to Samuel Jeake the younger): see Hunter, et al., 1999

Fuchs, Leonhard (1501-1566): see LeFanu, 1956

Fugger, Ulrich (1526-1584): see Lehmann, 1960

Gale, Thomas, Dean of York (1635?-1702): see DNB; McKitterick, 1995 (pp. 61-64); British Library, Sloane MS 203, fols. 266-68

Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642): see Favaro, 1887

Gamon, Hannibal (1582?-1651; roughly 350 of his books went to the library at Lanhydrock, Cornwall): see Purcell, 2005

Garrick, David (1717-1779): see Ross, 1999

Garcilaso de la Vega, "El Inca" (1539-1616): see Durand, 1948

Gataker, Thomas (1574-1654; his library was auctioned in London on 12 December 1681): see McLachan, 1951 (p. 133); Catalogus Librorum, 1681

George III, King of England (1738-1820): see Barker, 1999

Gersonide (Levi ben Gershom, 1288-1344): see Weil, 1991

Gesner, Conrad (1516-1565): see Gerster, 1916

Gibbard, Nicholas (d. 1593): see Gunther, 1921

Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794): see Keynes, 1980; British Library Additional MS 46141; British Library Additional MS 34716A-B

Gibson, William (d. 1613): see BCI, 190

Glaseor, William (d. 1589?): see Mély & Bishop, 1892 (p. 303)

Glasgow University Library: see Durkan, 1976-77

Glasier, Thomas (d. 1628): see Vaisey, 1969 (p. 55)

Gloucester Cathedral: see Eward, 1972

Godolphin, John (1617-1678; his library was auctioned in 1678): see DNB; Beadle, 2004

Goldast, Melchior (1578-1635): see Koch, 1988

Gondomar, Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de (1567-1626): see Lawrance, 2004

Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge: see Caius, 1904; Venn, 1897

Gonzaga, Francesco: see Girolli, 1923

Gordon, Sir Robert, of Gordonstoun, first baronet (1580-1656): see Gordon, A Catalogue, 1816

Gostling, Henry (1646?-1675; bequeathed 120 volumes to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge): see Dickins, 1961

Gracián y Morales, Baltasar (1601-1658): see Gambin, 1991

Graevius, Joannes Georgius (1632-1703): see Clark, 1891

Granvelle, Antoine Perrenot de, Cardinal (1517-1586): see Picquard, 1942; Richard, Mathieu, and Toscano, 1992

Great Saint Mary's Church, Cambridge (an inventory dated 1504): see Mély & Bishop, 1892 (p. 195)

Gresshop, John (d. 1580): see Bakeless, 1942 (p. 127); Urry, 1988 (pp. 45-48, 108-22)

Greville, Robert, fourth Baron Brooke (1638?-1676; grandson of Fulke Greville; his library was auctioned in London in December 1678): see Catalogus Librorum; Munby & Coral, 1977

Grey, Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Kent (1581-1651; wife of John Selden, to whom many of her books passed, and thence to the Bodleian): see DNB; Harthan, 1960-61

Grimani, Cardinal Domenico (1460-1523): see Tamani, 1995

Grob, Hans Heinrich (1566-1614): see Bodmer, 1998

Grocyn, William (1446?-1519): see Jayne, 1956 (pp. 95-96)

Grolier, Jean (1479-1565): see Austin, 1971; Hobson, 1999

Grosseteste, Robert, Bishop of Lincoln (ca. 1175-1253): see Hunt, 1955

Gunning, Peter, Bishop of Ely (1614-1684; bequeathed half his library to St. John's College, Cambridge, as well as other books to Canterbury Cathedral): see DNB; Ramsay, 1995 (p. 386)

Gwynn, Edward (d. 1649?; associated with the Middle Temple; bequeathed his books to Alexander Chorley): see Jackson, 1935; Jackson, 1967 (pp. 115-19); Harthan, 1960-61; Maggs Bros., Catalogues #1121 (1990; 68); #1212 (1996; 20); #1272 (1999; 36)

Haigh Hall, Wigan: see Crawford, 1910.

Hale, Sir Matthew (1609-1676): see DNB; British Library MS Stowe 1056, fols. 86-88 (list of books given to Lincoln's Inn in 1676)

Hall, Thomas, Rector of King's Norton (1610-1665; owned roughly 1000 volumes; left books to found a parish library at King's Norton): see Vaughan, 1973; Powicke, 1924

Halley, Dr. Edmund (1656-1742): see A Catalogue, 1742

Hammond, Henry (1605-1660; 138 volumes from his library went to Richard Allestree, whose collection in turn went to Christ Church, Oxford): see DNB; Morgan, 1980

Harding, Thomas (d. 1572): see Coppens, 1993

Hare, Nicholas (1582-1622; some of his books passed into the library of John Morris): see Birrell, 1976 (p. xvi)

Harington, John, first Baron Harington of Exton (1539/40-1613; father of Lucy, Countess of Bedford; about 120 of his books were given by his widow Anne to found the parish library of Oakham): see DNB; Perkin, 2004

Harington, John, second Baron Harington (1592-1614; his books seem to have gone to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, in 1628): see DNB

Harley, Edward, second Earl of Oxford and Mortimer (1689-1741): see Harley, 1743-45; Wanley, 1966; Hazlitt, 1862

Harley, Robert, first Earl of Oxford and Mortimer (1661-1724; founder of the Harleian Library; purchased Edward Stillingfleet’s manuscripts around 1701): see Wanley, 1966; Maxwell, 1999

Harrington, Sir John (1561-1612): see Furnivall, 1890; Sotheby's Catalogue, 9 July 1951

Harriot, Thomas (c. 1560-1621): see DNB; Tanner, 1969 (though she deals only with Harriot’s manuscripts, not with his printed books); Shirley, 1974

Harrison, John, Headmaster of Eton (d. 1642; bequeathed his books, including many scientific texts, to Eton): see Birley, 1958; Birley, 1970 (pp. 27-30)

Harsnett, Samuel (1561-1631): see DNB; Goodwin, 1888; Pearson, 1992

Harvey, Gabriel (c. 1550-1631; about 180 volumes from his library survive in various collections): see DNB; Wilson, 1948; Moore Smith, 1913; Stern, 1972, 1979; Kratzmann, 1982; Boutcher, 1997; Jardine and Grafton, 1990; Shaddy, 1999

Harvey, William (1578-1657; bequeathed his large library to the Royal College of Physicians, but it was for the most part destroyed in the fire of 1666): see DNB; Keynes, 1966

Hatton, Sir Christopher (1540-1591; most of his Italian books went to Coke): see Hassall, 1950; Hassall, 1950-51

Hatton, Christopher, first Baron Hatton (1605-1670; the Bodleian purchased 112 manuscripts from his library after his death; monastic cartularies from his collection survive in the Cotton MSS at the British Library): see Harthan, 1960-61; Philip, 1983; Foot, 1983

Hayne, Thomas (1582-1645; left his books to Leicester Town Library): see DNB; Deedes, 1919

Hazlitt, William Carew (1834-1913): see Catalogue of the Shakespeare Library, 1918

Hearne, Thomas (1678?-1735): see Gillam, 1985; Simmons, 1999; Birrell, 1988

Heath, Francis (d. 1683): see British Library Egerton MS 2983 (fols. 155-56) for a catalogue of his books

Heath, Sir Robert (1575-1649; gave books to St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1630; books belonging to his wife Margaret are recorded in a catalogue [dated ca. 1647] in the British Library, Egerton MS 2983, fol. 79): see DNB, Alston, 1991

Hedrington, Robert: see Edwards, 1991

Heinsius, Nikolaes (1620-1681): see Catalogus

Hellot, Jean (1685-1766): see Todericiu, 1976

Henry V, King of England (1387-1422): see Krochalis, 1988; Harris, 1972

Henry VII, King of England (1456-1509): see Birrell, 1987; Kidrick, 2000

Henry VIII, King of England (1491-1547): see Carley, 1997, 2000, 2004; Birrell, 1987

Herbert family (libraries at Montgomery and Powis): see Walters, 1991

Herbert, Edward, Baron Herbert of Cherbury (1583-1648; bequeathed about 900 books to Jesus College, Oxford): see DNB; Fordyce and Knox, 1937; Morgan, 1980; Walters, 1991; Maggs Bros., Catalogue #1075 (1987; 31); Sotheby's (16-18 January 1956)

Herbert, William, third Earl of Pembroke (1580-1630; bequeathed various manuscripts to the Bodleian): see DNB; Macray, 1890; Myers, 1991

Herrera, Juan de (1530?-1597; many of his books survive at the Escorial Palace north of Madrid): see Cervera Vera, 1988; Taylor, 1967

Hervey, Sir Thomas (1625-1694) and Isabella Hervey (of Ickwith Manor): see Barker, 1998

Herzog August Bibliothek: see Wolfenbüttel (below)

Hessius, Johannes (fl. 1520): see Lehmann, 1950

Heydon, Sir Christopher (d. 1623): see Batten, 1960

Higgin, Anthony, Dean of Ripon (d. 1624; he bequeathed 758 volumes to Ripon Cathedral during his last years): see Mortimer, 1962 (though her article lists only Higgin’s theological books)

Higgs, Griffin, Dean of Lichfield (1589-1659; bequeathed his books to Merton College, Oxford): see DNB; Morgan, 1980; Morrish, 1990

Holbeck, Nottinghamshire (Jesuit library from 1679): see Dijkgraaf, 2003

Holdsworth, Richard, Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge (d. 1649; bequeathed his huge collection [roughly 10,000 volumes] to Cambridge University; many of the books are still in the University Library): see DNB; Oates, 1986 (pp. 314-48)

Holkham Hall: see De Ricci, 1932; Sheppard, 1952; Rogers, 1953

Honywood, Michael, Dean of Lincoln (1597-1681; bequeathed his books to Lincoln Cathedral Library): see DNB; Griffiths, 1970; Hurst, 1982; Linnell, 1983; Srawley, 1950

Hooke, Robert (1635-1703): see DNB; Feisenberger, 1966; sale catalogue of his library dated 29 April 1703 (British Museum, List); Rostenberg, 1989

Hopper, Thomas (d. 1624; gave about 400 medical books to New College, Oxford, in 1623): see Jayne, 1956 (p. 71); Morgan, 1980; New College Benefactors Book, fols. 66-67

Howard, Charles, first Earl of Northampton (1536-1624; gave some of his books and manuscripts to the Bodleian): see DNB; Macray, 1890

Howard, Henry, Earl of Northampton (1540-1614; his books were kept at Arundel House after his death; they later passed to Henry Howard, sixth Duke of Norfolk, and then, in 1667, to the Royal Society): see DNB; Barker, 1990

Howard, Thomas, second Earl of Arundel (1586-1646; his printed books were given by his grandson [Henry Howard, sixth Duke of Norfolk] to the Royal Society in 1666): see DNB; Fletcher, 1902; Ovenden, 1999

Howard, Lord William (1563-1640; his library was kept at Naworth Castle until 1992, when it was acquired by Durham University Library): see Rainey, 1992

Humfrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390-1447): see Bemis, 1999; Duke Humfrey’s Library

Humphrey, John, Vicar of Rothwell, Northamptonshire (d. 1679; his library, which included 70 medieval manuscripts, was auctioned in London in 1682): see Beadle, 2004; Munby & Coral, 1977

Hurtado de Mendoza, Diego (1503-1575): see Gonzalez Palencia & Mele, 1941-43; Revilla, 1936; Hobson, 1999; Dadson, 1993

Huygens, Constantijn (1596-1687): see Catalogue of Books, 1701-1702; Leerintveld, 1998; Shapiro, 1985; see also the web site on Huygens' Library maintained by Ad Davidse

Hyde, Edward, Earl of Clarendon (1609-1674; various books with his armorial stamp survive): see DNB; Harthan, 1960-61; Hardacre, 1958

Ickwith Manor: see Barker, 1998

Ipswich Town Library: see Blatchly, 1989

Isabella I, Queen of Spain (1451-1504): see Campo, 1994

Isham family (Thomas Isham [b. 1565]; Sir John Isham; Sir Justinian Isham [1611-1675]; Sir Thomas Isham [d. 1681]; Sir Justinian Isham [1658-1730]): see Graves, 1897; Jackson, 1967 (pp. 121-33); Hallam, 1967; Isham, 1971

James I, King of England (1566-1625; acquired John Lumley's library in 1609; gave over 200 books to St. Andrews University in 1612): see DNB; Jayne, 1956; Warner, 1893; Birrell, 1987; Maggs catalogue #1272 (1999)

James, Thomas (1572?-1629): see Clement, 1999

Jeake, Samuel (1623-1690; his collection of about 2100 volumes is recorded in a manuscript catalogue now held at Rye Museum): see Hunter, et al., 1999

Jeake, Samuel, the younger (1652-1699): see Hunter, et al., 1999

Jenkins, Sir Leoline (1625-1685; bequeathed his library to Jesus College, Oxford): see DNB; Fordyce and Knox, 1937; Morgan, 1980

Jesus College, Oxford: see Fordyce and Knox, 1937

Jewel, John, Bishop of Salisbury (1522-1571; his books were purchased by Magdalen College, Oxford, in the 1570s): see Ker, 1977

Jofre de Loaysa, Francisca de Paz (d. 1626): see Dadson, 1988

Johnson, Esther (1681-1728): see Real and Vienken, 1986

Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784): see Fleeman, 1984; Eddy and Fleeman, 1993; Sherbo, 1984; Rosenblum, 1999

Joliffe, Henry (d. 1573): see Coppens, 1993

Jones, Inigo (1572-1652): see Anderson, 1993

Jonson, Ben (1572/73-1637): see DNB; Evans, 1987, 1994; McPherson, 1974; Maggs Bros., Catalogue 1272 (1999); Martin, 1994

Junius, Francis (1589-1677; librarian to the Earl of Arundel; bequeathed his books to the Bodleian): see DNB; Philip, 1983

Juret, François (1553-1626): see Regnér, 1986

Juxon, William, Archbishop of Canterbury (1582-1663; his books were given by his son to St. John's College, Oxford): see DNB; Morgan, 1980; Harthan, 1960-61; Maggs catalogue 1156 (1993)

Keble, Thomas (d. 1500?): see Mély & Bishop, 1892 (p. 194)

Kederminster, Sir John (d. 1631; left about 250 books to found a parish library for Langley Marish in Buckinghamshire): see Perkin, 2004; Rouse, 1934-40, 1941

Keill, John (1671-1721): see Libraries, 1727

Ker, John, third Duke of Roxburghe (1740-1804): see Hillyard, 1999

Kerr, William, third Earl of Lothian (c. 1605-1675; in 1666 he compiled a MS catalogue of 1361 books he owned): see National Library of Scotland, Newbattle MS 5818

Kidder, Richard, Bishop of Bath & Wells (1633-1703; Wells Cathedral Library has a MS catalogue of roughly 500 books owned by Kidder, though these seem to have been left to Nathaniel Brydges [Chancellor of Wells] rather than to the cathedral itself): see DNB; Church, 1901

Killigrew, Thomas (1612-1683; books with his armorial stamp survive): see DNB

King family (John King [1559?-1621], Bishop of London; Henry King [1592-1669], Bishop of Chichester; John King [d. 1671]): see DNB; Pearson, 1992; Morgan, 1980; Hobbs, 1984; Simpson, 1928

King, Sir Edmund (1629-1709): see DNB; Libraries, 1709; Munby & Coral, 1977

King, William, Archbishop of Dublin (1650-1729): see Matteson, 1981

Kings College, Cambridge: see Cargill Thompson, 1954; Munby, 1951

Kircher, Athanasius (1602-1680): see Fletcher, 1968

Knyvett, Sir Thomas (1539?-1618; his library, consisting of about 1400 printed books and 70 manuscripts, descended through his family until it was acquired by John Moore, who in turn gave it to Cambridge University Library): see McKitterick, 1978; Maggs catalogue #1272 (1999)

Kynaston, Sir Francis (1587-1642): see DNB; Maggs catalogue #1324 (2002)

La Boétie, Etienne de (1530-1563): see Legros, 2004

La Croix du Maine, François Grudé, Sieur de (1552-1592): see La Croix du Maine, 1584

La Rochefoucauld, François de (1613-1680): see Gerard, 1984

Lake, Arthur, Bishop of Bath & Wells (1569-1626; bequeathed more than 400 volumes to New College, Oxford; left books to Wells Cathedral; founded the church library of Bath): see DNB; Pearson, 1992; Morgan, 1980; Perkin, 2004

Lamport Hall (Isham family library): see Hallam, 1967; Jackson, 1967 (pp. 121-33); Isham, 1971

Langbaine, Gerard (1609-1658; left books to Queen's College, Oxford, and to the Bodleian): see DNB; Morgan, 1980; Macray, 1890 (p. 126)

Lambeth Palace Library: see Cox-Johnson, 1955

Lange, Christian Johannes (1655-1704): see Bibliotheca S. Catalogus, 1702

Lanhydrock, Cornwall: see Purcell, 2005

Larsson, Per (b. 1572): see Lindqvist, 1998

Lascaris, Janus (1445?-1535): see Jackson, 1999-2000

Lastanosa y Baráiz de Vera, Vincencio Juan de (1607-1684): see Selig, 1960

Laud, William, Archbishop of Canterbury (1573-1645): see DNB; Coxe, 1973; Jayne, 1956 (pp. 45, 69, 70, 149, 165-67, 169, 171); Gallagher, 1999; Morgan, 1980; Macray, 1890 (pp. 83-88); Philip, 1983; Harthan, 1960-61; Fletcher, 1902; Fuggles, 1981

Laughton, John (d. 1712; gave roughly 2000 books to Trinity College, Cambridge): see McKitterick, 1995

Lavoisier, Antoine-Laurent (1743-1794): see Beretta, 1995

Lawson, George (1598-1678): see Condren, 1999

Lawson, John (d. 1705; left 1100 books to Sion College): see Pearce, 1913 (pp. 263-64); Bloomfield, 1997

Le Doux, M.: see Le Doux (MS Bacon 655 at Lambeth Palace Library)

Leicester Abbey: see Clarke, 1930

Leicester, second Earl of: see Sidney, Robert

Leicester Town Library: see Deedes, 1919

Leiden University Library: see Bertius, 1595

Leland, John (1506-1552): see Carley, 1986, 1989

Lemos, Catalina de la Cerda y Sandoval, condesa de (1580-1648): see Barbeito Carneiro, 1988

Le Neve, Peter (1661-1729): see Gillespie, 2004

Lennard, Sampson (or Samson; d. 1633): see DNB; Wright, 1972

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519): see Reti, 1972

Lerche, Cornelius (1615-1681): see Catalogus librorum

Le Squyer, Scipio, Deputy Chamberlain of the Exchequer (1579-1659; a catalogue of 487 printed books and 296 MSS belonging to Le Squyer may be found in John Rylands MS Latin 319): see F. Taylor, 1941; Ovenden, 1991; Jayne, 1956; Birrell, 1991;

Levi ben Gershom (1288-1344): see Weil, 1991

Levinz, William (1625-1698): see DNB; Bibliotheca Levinziana, 1698; Munby & Coral, 1977

Lhuyd, Edward, Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum (1660-1709): see DNB; Roberts, 1979; Rees and Walters, 1974

Liddell, Duncan (1561-1613): see Molland, 1985-86

Lilly, William (1602-1681; his books were purchased by Elias Ashmole after his death; many are now in the Ashmolean Museum): see Feisenberger, 1975 (vol. 11); Parker, 1975; Gunther, 1930

Lincoln Cathedral (Wren Library): see Hurst, 1982; Linnell, 1983; Griffiths, 1970

Lincoln College, Oxford: see Weiss, 1935-38

Lincoln's Inn: see Spilsbury, 1850; BL Harleian MS 7363 (a catalogue of books at Lincoln's Inn, dated 26 September 1646); Catalogue of Lincoln's Inn Library & Sr. Matthew Hale (manuscript catalogue dated 1744)

Lindsay, Alexander William Crawford, 25th Earl of Crawford and 8th Earl of Balcarres (1812-1880): see Barker, 1977; Crawford, 1910.

Litill, Clement (b. 1580): see Finlayson, 1980; Cathalogos

Llwyd (or Lloyd), Humphrey (1527-1568): see Gruffydd, 1968

Locke, John (1632-1704; many of the books from his large library [ca. 3700 volumes] are now held at the Bodleian): see DNB; Harrison, 1957; Rosenblum, 1999; Harrison and Laslett, 1971; Thornton, 1966; Keynes, 1967; Kelly, 1969; Ashcraft, 1969; Maggs Catalogue 1121 (1990); Attig, John Locke Bibliography

Loménie, Louis-Henri de, comte de Brienne (1635?-1698): see Birley, 1962

Longuemort, Adam de (fl. 1590): see Augereau, 2000

Lorkyn, Thomas (1528-1591): see Sayle, 1921

Louis XII, King of France (1462-1515): see Thibault, 1989

Lumley, John, Lord (1534?-1609; owned about 2675 volumes, including 400 manuscripts; had acquired the collection of the Earl of Arundel, who in turn had acquired the books of Archbishop Cranmer; most of Lumley's library went to King James I at Lumley's death in 1609; it was thus one of the larger early collections in the Royal Library): see Jayne and Johnson, 1956

Lupset, Thomas (c. 1495-1530): see Gee, 1928

Magdalen College, Oxford: see Ferdinand, 1997

Magliabecchi, Antonio (1633-1714): see Totaro, 1993

Magnússon, Arni (1663-1730): see Overgaard, 1996

Malthus, Thomas Robert (1766-1834): see Jesus College, Cambridge

Malynes, Gerard de (fl. 1586-1641): see Finkelstein, 2000

Manuzio, Aldo (1449/50-1515): see Wagner, 1975

Marcatellis, Raphael de (1437-1508): see Derolez, 1979

Marciana: see Biblioteca Marciana

Margaret, of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands (1480-1530): see Debae, 1995

Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549): see Jourda, 1930

Marischal College Library, Aberdeen: see Beavan, 1997; Molland, 1985-86

Markaunt, Thomas (c. 1382-1439): see James, 1899

Marlowe, Christopher (1564-1593): see Page, 1977; Riggs, 2005

Marnix, Philipps van (c. 1540-1598): see First Known Auction Catalogue

Marsh, Narcissus, Archbishop of Armagh (1638-1713; he purchased Edward Stillingfleet’s printed books in 1705): see DNB; McCarthy, 1980 and 1999; White, 1926

Martin, Thomas (1696-1771): see Stoker and Kingston, 1999

Mary I, Queen of England (1516-1558): see Birrell, 1987

Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587; her library was comprised of about 300 volumes): see Durkan, 1988; Sharman, 1889

Massie, William (d. 1588?): see Mély & Bishop, 1892 (p. 298)

Matsson, Henrik (c. 1540-1617): see Kiiskinen, 2004

Matthew, Tobias, Archbishop of York (1546-1628; bequeathed about 3000 books to York Minster, but left others to the city library of Bristol and various other institutions): see DNB; Pearson, 1992; Mathews, 1899; Barr, 1977; Raine, 1896; Maggs Catalogues 1272 (1999) and 1324 (2002)

Matzenberger, Jacobus (d. c. 1520): see Rhodes, 1983, 1994

Mayerne, Sir Theodore Turquet de (1573-1655): see Bibliotheca Colladoniana, 1713; Munby & Coral, 1977

Medici, Piero di Cosimo de’ (1389-1464): see Ames-Lewis, 1984; De la Mare, 1992

Meibom, Heinrich (1638-1700): see Bibliotheca Meibomiana, 1742

Melton, William, Chancellor of York (d. 1528?): see Mély & Bishop, 1892 (p. 206); Jayne, 1956 (p. 97)

Mendoza, Bernardino de (1540/41-1603): see Laspéras, 1997

Mendoza, Don Diego Hurtado de (1503-1575): see Hurtado de Mendoza

Menocchio: see Domenico Scandella

Mercator, Gerardus (1512-1594): see Watelet, 1994

Mertens, Rumoldus (d. 1622): see Mannaerts, 1996

Merton College, Oxford: see Allen, 1924

Middle Temple, London: see Catalogus Librorum Bibliothecae Medii Templi, 1734; Bibliotheca Illustris, 1700; the Middle Temple also has a manuscript catalogue of its holdings (16 volumes, with the final volume dated 1696), as well as a Liber Benefactorum . . . Bibliothecae, which itemizes donations to the library from the mid-17th to the mid-18th centuries

Mills, Walter (d. 1726?): see Bibliotheca ornatissima, 1726

Milton, John (1608-1674): see DNB; Boswell, 1975

Miscellaneous collections: see Lievsay, 1954

Misselden, Edward (fl. 1608-1654): see Finkelstein, 2000

Montaigne, Michel de (1533-1592); see Botton and Pottiée-Sperry, 1997; Villey, I.273-83; Villey-Saulnier ed. of Les Essais, I.xli-lxii, I.lxiii-lxvi; Villey, 1910; Desan, 2007; Bonnefon, 1895, 1898; various issues of the Bulletin de la Société des Amis de Montaigne (esp. 1938-40); Tannenbaum, 1942 (pp. 104-6); Coleman, 1984; Desgraves, 1995; Cuthbert, 1998; Legros, 2004; West, 2004; Ophir, 1991; and a website at the Mairie de Bordeaux listing various books of Montaigne's now held in Bordeaux [www.mairie-bordeaux.fr/bibliotheque/bibmontaigne.htm]

Moore, John, Bishop of Ely (1646-1714; his huge library of roughly 30,000 volumes was purchased by King George I and given to Cambridge University Library): see DNB; Bernard, 1697; Fletcher, 1902; McKitterick, 1986 (vol. 2)

More, Sir William (fl. 1556): see Evans, 1855; Mély & Bishop, 1892 (p. 286)

Moreau, Nicolas (fl. 1572-1607): see Vidier, 1913

Mornay, Philippe du Plessis de (1549-1623; his private library had over 1000 books, of which there are three extant manuscript catalogues): see Kuin, 2001

Morris, Claver (fl. 1686-1726): see Hobhouse, 1932

Morris, John (c. 1580-1658; his library, consisting of roughly 1500 volumes, passed into the Royal Library in 1661, and later into the British Library, where about 1300 volumes remain): see Birrell, 1976

Münzer, Hieronymus (1437?-1508): see Goldschmidt, 1938

Musgrave, William (1657-1721): see Library, 1725

Naudé, Gabriel (1600-1653): see Naudé, 1627, 1950; Clarke, 1969; Morin, 1929; Cochetti, 1989

Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727): see Harrison, 1978; Feisenberger, 1966

Nidd, John (d. 1659; left 125 books to Trinity College, Cambridge; bequeathed others to William Lynnet, who in turn left them to Trinity): see Leedham-Green, 1986 (vol. 1, pp. 576-84); Gaskell, 1980

Northampton, Henry Howard, Earl of (1540-1614): see Howard

Northumberland, Henry Percy, ninth Earl of: see Percy

Norwich Cathedral: see Dodwell, 1996

Norwich City Library: see Stoker, 1980; Tilley, 2000

Oakham Parish Library: see Herbert, 1982

Occo, Adolf, Bishop of Augsburg (1447-1503): see Mondrain, 1988

Oliphant, Charles (d. 1719): see Library, 1720

Olivier, Jacobus (d. 1612): see Verleyen, 1995

Opitz, Martin (1597-1639): see Bircher, 1982

Orange-Nassau, House of: see Renting & Renting-Kuijpers, 1993

Orsini, Fulvio (1529-1600; most of his collection was bequeathed to the Vatican Library in 1600): see Nolhac, 1976

Owtram, Dr. William (1626-1679): see McLachan, 133; Catalogus Librorum

Oxford, University of (miscellaneous): see Ker, 1959; Curtis, 1958; Emden, 1974; Morgan, 1980; Rhodes, 1982; Myres, 1958

Oxindon, Henry (1608-1670): see Greg, Bibliography, 111.1314

Paget, Nathan (1615-1679): see Hanford, 1945; Library, 1681

Paget, William, fourth Baron Paget (1572-1629): see DNB; Hassall, 1617

Palazzo Paradiso (Ferrara): see Chiappini, 1993

Palmer, Joshua (fl. 1682): see Library, 1709

Panetti, Giovanni Battista (1439-1497): see Andreasi, 2000

Paracelsus (Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, 1493-1541): see Theophrastus . . . Bibliography of the Paracelsus Library, 1893

Parker, John (b. 1548; son of Matthew Parker): see Strongman, 1977

Parker, Matthew, Archbishop of Canterbury (1504-1575): see Page, 1977; Page, 1993; Van Kampen, 1999; Bushnell and Page, 1975; Dickins, 1972; James, 1899

Partridge, John (1644-1715): see Library, 1716; Collection of Books, 1734

Paston, Edward (1550-1630): see Brett, 1964

Pellicier, Guillaume (c. 1490-1568): see Cataldi Palau, 1986

Penshurst Place: see Warkentin, 1997, 1998, 2005

Pepys, Samuel (1633-1703; his collection of almost 3000 volumes was bequeathed to Magdalene College, Cambridge): see DNB; Fletcher, 1902; Latham, et al., 1978-1991; Rosenblum, 1999

Percy, Henry, ninth Earl of Northumberland (1564-1632; owned about 2000 books at the time of his death, according to Batho): see DNB; Batho, 1960; De Fonblanque, 1887; Leconfield MS (Catalogus . . . Petworthianae); Gatti, 1983

Perne, Andrew, Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge (1519?-1589): see Leedham-Green, 1986; McKitterick, 1991

Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia (1672-1725): see Brechka, 1982

Peterborough Abbey: see Friis-Jensen, 2001

Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca, 1304-1374): see Stocchi, 1976-86; Milde, 1979; Ullman, 1973; De Angelis, 1999; De la Mare, 1980

Philip II of Spain (1527-1598; gave more than 4500 volumes to the Escorial Monastery Library in 1576)

Pickering, Sir William (1516/17-1575): see Philip, 1956

Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni (1463-1494): see Kibre, 1936

Piero Bardi, Pierfrancesco di (d. 1534): see Carley, 2002

Pierrepoint, Evelyn, Duke of Kingston (1711-1773): see Pierrepoint, 1726

Pinelli, Gian Vincenzo (1535-1601): see Grendler, 1980

Pirckheimer, Willibald (1470-1530): see Hofer, 1947; Rosenthal, 1928

Plemp, Vopiscus Fortunatus (1601-1671): see Tricot-Royer, 1925

Plume, Thomas (1630-1704; bequeathed about 5000 books to found a town library for Maldon): see Manley, 1999; Petchey, 1985; Perkin, 2004; and see entry below for Thomas Plume's Library

Plümel, Johann (fl. 1478-1502): see Rhodes, 1999

Pol, Nicolaus (c. 1470-1532): see Medical Books, 1929; Fisch, 1947

Pole, Cardinal Reginald (1500-1558): see Lobel, 1931

Polotsky, Simeon (1629-1680): see Hippisley, 1983

Pontus II de Tyard (1582-1634): see Baridon, 1950

Pope Alexander the Sixth (1431?-1503): see Garnett, 1889

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744): see Mack, 1977; Kairoff, 1999

Possevino, Antonio (1533?-1611): see Possevino, 1593

Powle, Henry (1630-1692): see Baker, 1978

Pownsett, William (d. 1553): see Carter, 1998

Praetorius, Johannes (1537-1616): see entry below for Petrus Saxonius

Prise, Sir John (1502?-1555; Prise collected manuscripts following the dissolution of the monasteries): see Ker, 1985

Puckering, Elizabeth (c. 1621-1689): see McKitterick, 2000

Quattromani, Sertorio (1541-1611): see De Franco, 1996

Queens' College, Cambridge: see Early Printed Books, 1910; Sargent, 2001; Sargent, forthcoming

Quevedo y Villegas, Francisco Gómez de (1580-1645): see Pérez Cuenca, 2001; Carrera Ferreiro, 2002

Radcliffe, John (1650-1714): see Brock, 1966

Rainolds, John (1549-1607; his library was comprised of roughly 2500 volumes): see DNB; Feingold, 1984 (pp. 58-59); Queens College, Oxford, MS 241, fols. 151-55; Bodleian MS Wood D.10; Jayne, 1956 (p. 139); Liddell, 1937-38

Ralegh, Sir Walter (1552-1618): see Oakeshott, 1968; Jayne, 1956 (pp. 148-49); Sorenson, 1934

Ramidge, John (d. 1568): see Coppens, 1993

Ratzingk, Amplonius (c. 1363-1435): see Schum, 1887

Rawlinson , Richard (1690-1755): see Shaddy, 1999; Tashjian, Tashjian, and Enright, 1990

Rawlinson, Thomas (1681-1725): see Shaddy, 1999

Ray, John (1627-1705): see DNB; Munby/Feisenberger, Sale Catalogues, vol. 11, pp. 117-48 [sale catalogue of Ray's library, 1707/08]

Read, Alexander (1586?-1641): see Menzies, 1932

Reade, William (d. 1604?): see Mély & Bishop, 1892 (p. 309)

Rebolledo, Bernardino de (1597-1676): see Casado Lobato, 1981

Reid, Thomas (c. 1583-1624): see Beavan, 1998

Reuchlin, Johannes (1455-1522): see Preisendanz, 1994

Richelieu, Armand du Plessis, cardinal de (1585-1642): see Artier, 1988

Ridolfi, Cardinal Niccolò (1501-1550): see Jackson, 1999-2000; Ridolfi, 1929

Riolan, Jean (1580-1657): see Thornton, 1968

Ronsard, Pierre de (1524-1585): see Labaste, 1985

Rosenkrantz, Eric (1612-1681): see his Bibliotheca

Rosenkrantz, Jens (or Janus) (1640-1695): see Bibliotheca Rosencrantziana, 1696; Overgaard, 1996

Rowe, Bryan (d. 1521): see Norton, 1958

Royal College of Physicians: see Newman, 1968-69; Merret, 1960; Royal College of Physicians, 1955

Royal Library: see Oates, 1986; McKitterick, 1986; Carley, 2000, 2004; Birrell, 1987; British Library Royal MS Appendix 86 (misc. catalogues of the library, 1661-1666); Wanley’s Diary; Carley, 1999

Royal Society: see Royal Society, Catalogue, 1910

Roye, Guy de, Archibishop of Reims (fl. 1390-1409): see Le Braz, 1958

Rushworth, John (1612?-1690): see Henderson, 1996

Rutland, Simon: see Sale Catalogue, 1683

Ruxley Lodge: see Freeman and Freeman, 1990.

Saint François de Sales: see François de Sales

St. Alban's, Abbey of: see Hunt, 1978

St. David's University College, Lampeter: see Harris and James, 1977

St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle: see Dalton, 1957; Callard, 1976

St. John’s College, Cambridge: see McKitterick, 1978

St. Margaret's Church, Westminster (inventory dated 1548): see Mély & Bishop, 1892 (p. 236)

St. Salvator’s College, St. Andrews: see Durkan, 1961

Salazar, Cristobal de (fl. 1558-1585): see Laspéras, 1983

Salmon, William (1644-1713): see Library, 1713; Bishop, 1959

San Giovanni di Verdara a Padova, Monastery of: see Braggion, 1986

San Marco, Library of (in Venice): see Zorzi, 1987

Sandwich School, Kent (library inventory dated 1641): see Mély & Bishop, 1892 (p. 323)

Sannazaro, Jacopo (1455-1530): see Vecce, 2000

Sanger, Gabriel (d. 1678): see Catalogus Librorum, 1678

Santa Giustina di Padova: see Alzati, 1982

Sanuto, Marino (1466-1535): see Contò, 1994

Sassetti, Francesco (1421-1490): see De la Mare, 1976

Savile, Sir Henry (1549-1622; bequeathed books to Oxford University): see DNB; Bodleian Library MS Savile 107 (a catalogue of manuscripts and printed books donated to Oxford, compiled by Gerard Langbaine)

Savile of Banke, Henry (1568-1617; Savile owned about 280 manuscripts): see Watson, 1969

Saxonius, Petrus (1591-1625; many of his books came from the library of Johannes Praetorius): see Zinner, 1943

Scaliger, Joseph Juste (1540-1609): see Elzevier, Catalogus, 1609; Auction Catalogue, 1977

Scandella, Domenico (1532-1599; also known as Menocchio): see Ginzburg, 1980 (pp. 28ff)

Scarburgh, Sir Charles (1616-1694): see Bibliotheca Scarburghiana, 1695

Scavenius, Peder (1623-1685): see Scavenius, 1665

Scheubel, Johann (1494-1570): see Hughes, 1972

Scheurl, Christoph (1481-1542): see Hueting, 1988

Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832): see Real and Vienken, 1984

Scottish libraries (both private and institutional): see Durkan and Ross, 1958; Townley, 1990

Seaman, Lazarus (d. 1675): see DNB; McLachan, 1951 (pp. 132ff); Catalogus; (Seaman, Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge, 1644-1660, owned over 5000 books; his library was the first to be sold at auction in England, or at any rate the first with a surviving catalogue); Munby & Coral, 1977

Seaman, William: see Library, 1716

Séguier, Pierre, duc de Villemor (1588-1672): see Nexon, 1988

Selden, John (1584-1654; the majority of Selden's collection was given to the Bodleian in 1659 [MS catalogue in Seld. supra.]): see DNB; Sparrow, 1931; Baker, 1978; Naiman, 1999; Barratt, 1950-51

Sforza family: see Pellegrin, 1955, 1969

Shaftesbury, third earl of (Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1671-1713): see The Shaftesbury Project's "Reading Room"

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616): see Baldwin, 1944 (e.g., I:494-531); Miola, 2000; Barkan, 2001; Kastan, 2001; Greenblatt, 2004 (pp. 95, 193-95); Forker, 2004; Shapiro, 2005 (ch. 10)

Shirley, Dr. Thomas (1638-1678): see sale catalogue of the collections of Shirley and Stephen Watkins, London, 1679

Sibbald, Sir Robert (1641-1722): see Bibliotheca Sibbaldiana, 1723

Sibthorpe, Henry (d. c. 1664): see Cavanaugh, 1967; Klene, 1997

Sidney, Robert, second Earl of Leicester (1595-1677): see Warkentin, 1985, 1997, 1998, on the Sidney library as catalogued between 1652 and 1655, with additions up to 1665; this library had about 4200 titles with a total of roughly 5000 volumes; the main collectors were Sir Robert Sidney, first Earl of Leicester (1563-1626; younger brother of Sir Philip Sidney), and his son Robert; see also Warkentin, 2005

Simon, Richard (1638-1712): see Neveu, 1998

Sinclair clan (of Rosslyn): see Lawlor, 1897-98.

Sinclair, Henry, Bishop of Ross (1508-1565): see Durkan and Ross, 1961 (pp. 49-60); Cherry, 1963

Sion College: see Pearce, 1913; Milman, 1883; Reading, 1724; Spencer, 1650

Sleigh, Lady Elizabeth: see Wellcome Institute MS 751 ("An Inventory of Lady Sleighs bookes May 12 1647")

Smith, Sir Thomas (1513-1577): see Simpson, forthcoming

Smith, William (d. 1513?): see Mély & Bishop, 1892 (p. 198)

Sotheby family (James Sotheby [1682-1742], John Sotheby [1740-1807], William Sotheby [1757-1833], Samuel Sotheby [1771-1842], and Samuel Leigh Sotheby [1805-1861]): see Weedon, 1999; Clough, 1976

Southampton, third Earl of: see Wriothesley

Southwell [née Harris], Anne, Lady Southwell (c. 1574-1636): see Cavanaugh, 1967; Klene, 1997

Spanheim, Frederick (1600-1649): see Catalogue of Books, 1701-1702

Spencer, Charles, third Earl of Sunderland (1674-1722): see Simmons, 1999

Stanhope, Sir Edward, Doctor of Law (c. 1546-1608): see Leedham-Green, 1990; PLRE, vol. 1

Sterne, Laurence (1713-1768): see Barker, 2003

Steuart, David (1747-1824): see Hillyard, 1993, 1999

Stewart, James, Earl of Moray (1531-1570): see Doughty, 1970

Stillingfleet, Edward, Bishop of Worcester (1635-1699; his printed books were purchased by Archbishop Narcissus Marsh in 1705 and are now held at Marsh's Library in Dublin; his manuscripts were purchased by Edward Harley): see DNB; McCarthy, 1980; White, 1926; Fletcher, 1902

Stow, John (1525?-1605): see Driver, 2004; Gillespie, 2004

Stradling, Sir Edward (1529-1609): see Thomas, 1986

Stradling, Sir John (1563-1637): see Thomas, 1986

Strozzi, Carlo (1587-1670): see Callard, 2001

Strozzi, Palla (c. 1373-1462): see Fiocco, 1964

Swalwell, Dr. Thomas (d. 1539): see Piper, 1997

Swedenborg, Emanuel (1688-1772): see Catalogus bibliothecae Emanuelis Swedenborgii, 1907

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745): see Hammond, 2003; Real and Vienken, 1984, 1986; McCann, 1985; Woolley, 1989; Freeman, 1989; Vienken, 1994; O'Toole, 1994; LeFanu, 1927; LeFanu, 1988; Williams, 1932

Syon Abbey: see De Hamel, 1991; Erler, 1985; Gillespie, 2002

Tanner, Thomas (1673/74-1735): see Stoker and Kingston, 1999

Tatton Park (Knutsford, Cheshire): see Pargeter, 1977

Tempest, Sir Thomas (d. 1692): see Doyle, 1984

Terne, Christopher (1620-1673): see sale catalogue of his medical books, 1686

Tesauro, Emanuele (1591-1675): see Maggi, 2001

Thévenot, Melchisedec (c. 1620-1692): see Bibliotheca Thevenotiana, 1694

Thomas Plume's Library (Maldon, Essex): see Petchey, 1985; Hay, 1761; Crane, 1848

Thomason, George (1600?-1666; his large collection of Civil War pamphlets was purchased for the British Museum by King George III in 1761): see DNB; Fortescue, 1908; Fletcher, 1902; Spencer, 1958, 1959; Stoker, 1992; Stoker and Kingston, 1999

Thou, Jacques-August de (1553-1617): see Quesnel, 1679; Coron (in Jolly, 1988-92); Kinser, 1968; Coron, 1982

Thysius, Johannes (1622-1653): see Mourits, 2004

Tilman, Abraham (d. 1589/90): see Leedham-Green, BCI, 1:482-83

Tiptoft, John, first Earl of Worcester (1427-1470): see Weiss, 1935-37

Torelli, Pomponio (1539-1608): see Cecchetti, 1996

Torporley, Nathaniel (1564-1632; gave over 200 books to Sion College shortly before his death): see DNB; Pearce, 1913

Towneley, Christopher (1604-1674): see Chetham's Library, Manchester, MS A.2.97 ("A Catalogue of Christopher Towneleys bookes taken the 6th of October 1647")

Towneley, Richard (1566-1628; books with his armorial stamp survive; books and manuscripts from the Towneley family were sold at Sotheby's in June 1883): see Maggs catalogue 1272 (1999)

Townshend, Sir Roger, MP (1596-1636): see Leedham-Green, 1990; PLRE, vol. 1, pp. 81-82, 85, 134 (a booklist c. 1625); Moreton, 1991

Tranchedini, Nicodemo: see Sverzellati, 1998

Tresham, Sir Thomas (c. 1543-1605): see Tresham scrapbook

Trinity College, Cambridge: see Gaskell, 1980; Gaskell and Robson, 1971; Sinker, 1891; TCC ms.Add.150a; Greg, 1903

Trinity Hall, Cambridge: see Early Printed Books, 1909

Trichet, Raphael (1611-1661): see Philip, 1905

Tunstall, Cuthbert, Bishop of Durham (1474-1559): see Herendeen, 1991

Twyne, Brian (c. 1580-1644): see Ovenell, 1952

Twysden, Sir Roger (1597-1672): see Ovenden, 1999

Ulfeldt, Jakob (1567-1630): see Ulfeldt, 1923

Underwood, John (d. 1515?): see Mély & Bishop, 1892 (p. 198)

University College, Oxford: see Hunt, 1950

Urswick, Christopher (1448-1522): see Trapp, 1987

Ussher, James, Archbishop of Armagh (1581-1656; his books are now held at Trinity College, Dublin): see O’Sullivan, 1956; Tite, 1992; Lawlor, 1901; MacLysaght, 1944; Barnard, 1971; Towers, 1999

Valvasor, Janez Vajkard (1641-1693): see Magic, 1997

Varchi, Benedetto (1503-1565): see Norbedo, 2004

Vatican Library: see Muntz & Fabre, 1887; Devreese, 1965

Vaughan, Robert (1592?-1667): see Huws, 1999

Vauquelin, Jean (1651-1716): see Weil, 1947

Vaux, Sir Theodore de (c. 1628-1694?): see Libraries, 1784

Velazquez, Diego de Silva y (1599-1660): see Rodriguez Marin, 1923

Venice: see Tomasini, 1650; Zorzi, 1987

Vettori, Pier (1499-1585): see Griffante, 1986

Visconti family: see Pellegrin, 1955, 1969

Visconteo-Sforezca, library of: see D'Adda, 1875

Vossius, Isaac, Canon of Windsor (1618-1689): see Blok, 1974; Bernard, 1697; also British Library, MSS Egerton 2260 and Sloane 1783 (fols. 17-53)

Wakefield, Thomas (d. 1575; some of his books are now held at Lambeth Palace Library): see DNB; Carley, 2002

Walker, Henry (fl. 1564): see Caius, 1904

Walpole, Horace (1717-1797): see Bemis, 1999

Walton, Isaac, Canon of Salisbury (1651-1719): see Bevan, 1982

Walton, Izaak (1593-1683): see DNB; Bevan, 1980; Bevan, 1982; Naiman, 1999

Wanley, Humphrey (1672-1726): see Simmons, 1999

Ware, Sir James (1594-1666): see Ware, 1648

Warham, William, Archdeacon of Canterbury (d. ca. 1557): see Shaw, 1994

Warner, John, Bishop of Rochester (1581-1666): see McLachan, 1951 (p. 134); Bibliotheca Warneriana

Watkins, Stephen: see sale catalogue of the collections of Watkins and Dr. Thomas Shirley, London, 1679

Wells Cathedral: see Church, 1901

Wendie, Thomas (fl. 1650): see Caius, 1904 (p. 85)

Whatley, Rev. William: see Sale Catalogue, 1683

Whitgift, John, Archbishop of Canterbury (ca. 1530-1604): see O'Sullivan, 1956

Williams, Dr. Daniel (1643-1716): see Jones, 1958

Winchester College: see Oakeshott, 1954

Windsor Castle (St. George's Chapel Library): see Dalton, 1957; Callard, 1976

Winthrop, John (1606-1676): see Wilkinson, 1963 and 1966

Wisbech Town Library: see Banger; and also A Catalogue of Books in the Library at Wisbech in the Isle of Ely, 1718

Wittenberg University: see Kusukawa, 1995

Wolfenbüttel: see Dury, 1650; Herzog August Library, Wolfenbüttel, 1979; von Katte, 1972

Wolfreston, Frances (1607-1676/77): see Morgan, 1987

Wood, Anthony (1632-1695; bequeathed his library to the Ashmolean Museum; it was transferred to the Bodleian in 1860; 6500 volumes remain there today): see Kiessling, 1999 and 2002; Baron, 1999; Birrell, 1988

Woodward, John (1665-1728): see A Catalogue of the Library, Antiquities, etc., 1728

Worsley, Benjamin (1617/18-1677): see McLachan, 1951 (p. 134); Catalogus, 1678; Munby & Coral, 1977

Wotton, Sir Henry (1568-1639; bequeathed his manuscripts to Eton College): see DNB; Birley, 1970

Wotton, Sir Thomas (1521-1587): see Moss, 1941-43

Wren, Sir Christopher (1632-1723): see Naiman, 1999; Munby, Sale Catalogues, vol. 4, pp. 1-43

Wren Library (Trinity College, Cambridge): see McKitterick, 1995

Wriothesley, Henry, third Earl of Southampton (1573-1624; about 800 of his printed books were given [by his son Thomas] to St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1634): see St. John's College, MS U.4; Jayne, 1956 (pp. 145, 152)

Wykeham, William of, Bishop of Winchester (1324-1404): see Leach, 1896

Wynne (or Wynn), Sir Owen (c. 1590-1660): see Morris, 1997

Yelverton, Sir Henry, MP (fl. 1621): see British Library MS Hargrave 107 (a catalogue dated 1694)

York Minster: see Barr, 1977; Raine, 1896

Zasius, Ulrich (1461-1535): see Rowan, 1987

Zeno, Jacopo, Bishop of Padua (c. 1418-1481): see Govi, 1951

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