The Confessions of a Collector

by William Carew Hazlitt

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INDEX

A
Addington, Samuel, [97-8], [162], [219-20], [336]
Æsop, [126]
Ainger, Canon, [39]
Akbar, the Emperor, [272]
Alexander the Great, [313]
Alfred the Great, [306], [323]
Allot, John, [125]
Anne, Queen, [277]
Antonius, Marcus, [299], [313]
Arthur of Little Britain, [306]
Arthur, Thomas, [132], [134]
Ashburnham, Earl of, [321]
Astle, Thomas, F.R.S., [158]
Atkins, Mr, [260]
Auchinleck Sale, [160]
Audley, Lady Eleanor, [123]
B
Bacon, Francis, [138], [227]
Baker of Old Street, [9]
Barnes, Robert, [139]
Baynes, John, [28]
Beauclerc, Topham, [33]
Beaumont and Fletcher, [50]
Beckford, W., [161]
Bedford, F., [165-6], [180-1]
Beling, Richard, [96]
Beloe, William, [19]
Benjamin, [230]
Bentivoglio, Gio., [247]
Bernal, Ralph, [202], [231]
Besant, Sir Walter, [40]
Bindley, James, [27]
Birchensha, Ralph, [169]
Bismarck, Prince, [159]
Blondeau, Pierre, [277]
Boethius, [24]
Bohn, H. G., [16]
——, John, [153]
——, John, of Canterbury, [139]
Bolland Forest, [25]
Bom of Amsterdam, [262-3]
Bonaparte, Lucien, [155]
Boones, The, [45-7]
Boswell, James, [27]
Boyne, W., [164], [289-91], [334], [345], [347]
Bradshaw, Henry, [60]
Brathwaite, Richard, [45], [100]
Breton, N., [69], [157]
Bright, B. H., [64]
Britton, Thomas, [27]
Brooks, W., [195], [199-201], [209-10], [224]
Brown, William, [6]
Browsholme, [25]
Bryce Collection, [336]
Brydges, Sir Egerton, [9], [33-4], [139]
Buccleuch, Dukes of, [25]
Buchanan, George, [161]
Bunbury, Sir H., [321]
Bunyan, John, [121]
Burke, Richard, [223]
Burton-Constable Sale, [154]
Burwood, [192]
Burt, A. A., [166]
Butler, Samuel, [46]
C
Camus de Limari, [33]
Carausius of Britain, [323]
Carew, Thomas, [50]
Carfrae Collection, [321]
Carmichael, Mr, [138]
Caxton, William, [27], [29], [32], [48], [66], [106]
Cesnola, [219]
Chaffers, W., [228], [233]
Chapman, George, [124]
Chappell, W., [187]
Charlemagne, [306]
Charlemont, Lord, [50], [153]
Charles, I., [224], [269]
—— II., [224], [336]
Charron, Pierre, [125]
Chaucer, Geoffrey, [111-12], [145], [157-8]
Chester, Robert, [85]
Churchyard, T., [24]

Cicognara, [13]
Cleopatra, [299], [313]
Cleveland, John, [96]
Cockburn, John, [214], [275]
Cocker’s Decimal Arithmetic, [77]
Cockpit, The, [36]
Coleridge, S. T., [3]
Collier, J. P., [19], [21], [59], [160]
Constable, Henry, [60]
——, John, [134]
Corney, Bolton, [154]
Corser, Rev. T., [20], [64-7], [88-91], [162]
Cosens, F. W., [67-9]
Cotton, Charles, [105]
Coutts, Lady, [87]
Cowley, Abraham, [121]
Coxe, Dr, [178]
Cranmer, Archbp., [146]
Crashaw, Richard, [104]
Crawford, Lord, [173-4]
Cripps, Mr, [233]
Cruikshank, George, [103]
Cunningham, Colonel, [51]
——, General, [317]
Cutlers’ Company, [185-6]
Cymbeline or Cunobeline, [323]
Czar, The, [22]
D
Dandolo, Enrico, [306]
Daniel, George, [8], [37-8], [50], [59], [84-6], [110]
——, Rose, [136]
——, Samuel, [89], [123]
Davies, Thomas, [131]
Davison, F., [70-1]
Day, Robert, [231]
Defoe, D., [9]
Dekker, Thomas, [24-5], [169-70]
Demetrius of Bactria, [318]
Devonshire, Duke of, [34]
Diamond, Dr, [191], [193-4], [213-14], [216], [227-9]
Dibdin, T. F., [19], [46]
Dillon, Lord, [286]
Dodsley, Robert, [129], [182-3]
Dolfino, Gio., [246]
Donatus, Ælius, [130]
Drayton, Michael, [115-16], [154], [170]
Dryden, John, [99]
Durazzo Collection, [287]
Dyce, Rev. A., [36]
Dyson, Humphrey, [78]
E
Edmund of East Anglia, [277]
Edward III., [324], [326]
—— IV., [140], [276]
—— VI., [326]
Elizabeth, Queen, [130], [160], [281]
Elkins of Lombard Street, [82]
Ellis, F. S., [16], [45], [47], [50], [53], [65], [71], [88], [91-103], [141-2], [162], [204]
Ercole I. of Ferrara, [344-5]
Ethelred II., [247]
Eukratides of Bactria, [318]
Evans, Sir John, [218]
F
Faliero, Marino, [306]
Faustus, [183]
Featherstonhaughs, The, [208]
Fenn, Sir John, [156-7]
Fennell, Mr, [140]
Ferdinand IV. of Sicily, [272]
Festeau, Paul, [140]
Fisher of Midhurst, [208]
Fishmongers’ Company, [125], [167]
Fitch of Ipswich, [38]
Ford of Manchester, [26]
Ford, John, [51]
Foscari, Francesco, [306]
Fountaine, Sir A., [161], [213]
Francia, [285]
Franks, Sir Wollaston, [298]
Freelings, The, [52], [92]
Freres, The, [156-7-8]
Fuller, Thomas, [49], [104]
Furnivall, F. J., [99-101]
G
Gale, Richard, [195], [201-2]
Gardyne, Alexander, [119]
Garnett, Richard, [179]
Gascoigne, George, [25-6], [33], [145]
Gaston de Foix, [306]
George III., [22], [326], [346]
—— IV., [326]
——, W., [135]
Gering, Ulric, [30]
Gladstone, W. E., [208]
Glemham, Edward, [168]
Glendinning, John, [207-8]
Gloddaeth, [35]
Glover, William, [119]
Godfrey, Edmund Berry, [231]
Gosson, Stephen, [33]
Gourmont, Giles, [32]
Grant, Sir F., [224]
Grantley, Lord, [218], [274-5], [353]
Gray, Sir Walter, [153]
Greene, Robert, [125], [157]
Greenwell, Canon, [218], [220], [270]
Grenville, Thomas, [52], [223]
Grosart, Dr, [104]

H
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O., [113], [154], [178]
Hamilton, Sir Robert, [245]
Hariot, Thomas, [50]
Harold II., [306]
Haroun El Reschid, [272], [305]
Harrison, F., [40]
Harthacanute, [277]
Hartshorne, C. H., [19]
Harvey, Gabriel, [25-6]
Hastings, Marquis of, [95-6], [105]
Hatton, Sir Chris., [160]
Hazlitt, Rev. W., [2-3]
——, W. [222-3-5]
——, Mr Registrar, [2-9], [12], [68]
Head, Dr, [270]
Heber, Richard, [20-38], [51], [66]
Heliocles of Bactria, [318]
Henderson, John, [34]
Henrietta Maria, [119]
Henry I. of England, [306]
—— IV. of England, [276]
—— VII. of England, [179]
—— VIII. of England, [161], [268], [326], [336]
—— III. of France, [207]
—— IV. of France, [245]
Henry, Prince, [125]
Henryson, Robert, [126]
Herbert, W., [16], [19], [156]
Heywood, Thomas, [130]
Hibbert, George, [52]
Hodge, John, [178]
Hogarth, W., [230]
Holl, Henry, [146]
Hotten, John Camden, [121-2]
Hudson, Captain, [254]
Huth, Henry, [8], [41] et seq., [65], [70], [75-6], [86], [99-100], [104-5], [109], [113-14-15], [123], [135], [139-40], [155], [165], [169], [177], [180], [187], [235-6]
I
Ireland, A., [39]
Ivan the Terrible, [281]
J
Jarvis & Son, [125-6]
Jeffreys of Bristol, [48], [135]
Jenson, N., [33]
Joanna of Naples, [306]
Johnson, Richard, [142-3]
——, Samuel, [176]
Jonson, Benj. [50], [145]
Julius Cæsar, [313]
Julius II., [285]
Juxon, Archbp., [269]
K
Kemble, J. P., [34]
Kenneys, The, [254]
Kerny, Michael, [174], [273]
Kerr & Richardson, [166]
Kershaw, Mr, [155]
L
Laing, David, [61-2], [126], [162]
Lamb, Charles, [5], [39], [118], [223]
——, Mary, [4]
Lasbury of Bristol, [135]
Laud, Archbp., [47]
Lawrence, Edwin, [67], [195]
Lazarus of Holywell Street, [134]
—— (silversmith), [230]
Lee Priory, [33-4]
Leighton, Mr, [7], [179-80]
Libri, G., [46]
Lilly, Joseph, [50], [65], [81-3], [89], [145], [161]
Lincoln & Son, [237-41], [256], [258-60], [333], [339], [344]
Locker-Lampson, F., [70], [112], [222]
Lodge, Thomas, [135]
London Library, [12-13], [15-16], [20]
Louis XV. and XVI., [209]
Lovejoy of Reading, [111]
Lovelace, Richard, [35-6], [50]
Lowndes, W. T., [16], [19]
Luttrell, Narcissus, [28]
Luxmore, Rev. Mr, [141]
Lydgate, John, [27]
Lyly, John, [135]
Lyndsay, Sir D., [94]
Lyttleton, Lady, [89]
M
Macmillan, A., [223]
Madan, Rev. Mr, [178]
Mallet, Mr, [26]
Malone, Edmond, [27]
Maria Theresa, [264]
Mardelay, John, [125]
Marguerite de Foix, [257]
Marlowe, C., [34-5]
Martin, Richard, [109]
Mary, Queen, [138]
Maskell, W., [178]
Mason of Barnard’s Inn, [99]
Massaniello, [306]
Massinger, Philip, [51]
Matilda, Empress, [306]
Maunsell, Andrew, [28], [153]
May, Thomas, [145]
Medici Family, [248], [281], [306], [348]

Millers of Craigentinny, [60-3], [65], [69], [91], [119], [223]
Milman, Rev. Mr, [31]
Milon of Narbonne, [306]
Milton, John, [106]
Molini, [13-14]
Moncrieffs, The, [4]
Monstrelet, [178]
Montagu, H., [218-20], [268-9], [276-7], [319-20-1-4], [334], [336]
Montaigne, [47], [129], [145]
Morgan, [195-7]
Morris, William, [102]
Mortlock, [209]
Morton, Thomas, [168]
Mostyn, Lord, [35], [80]
Mottley, J. L., [159]
Murchison, Colonel, [324]
Murdoch, Mr, [218]
N
Napier, Miss, [87]
Naples, Prince of, [281]
Napoleon, I., [274]
Napoleon, Louis, King of Holland, [262-3]
Nash, Thomas, [34]
Nasmyth, [227]
Nelson, Thomas, [125]
Newton, Thomas, [136]
Nicomedes II. of Bithynia, [271]
Noble, Mr, [109], [123-4]
Noseda, Mrs, [97], [111]
Nym, Corporal, [16]
O
Offa of Mercia, [323]
Offor, George, [153]
Orlando, [306]
Ouvry, F., [59]
Owen, Hugh, [214]
Owen or Oswen, John, [153]
Oxenden, Henry, [34], [139]
Oxford, Bishop of, [38-9]
P
Papadopoli, Count N., [246-7], [293]
Park, Thomas, [19]
Parkers of Browsholme, [25]
Peacham, Henry, [105]
Peacock of Bottesford Manor, Mr, [100]
Pearson, John, [45], [49], [62], [89], [108-12], [155]
Pearson & Co., [112], [154]
Perceval le Gallois, [32]
Petyt, Thomas, [111]
Philip III. of Spain, [152]
Philip of Macedon, [313]
Phillipps, Sir Thomas, [113], [134]
Philipot, Thomas, [119]
Phillimore, Dr, [312]
Pickering, B. M., [49], [51], [105-7]
——, W., [87], [103]
Pickering & Chatto, [142]
Pierceforest, [32]
Pliny, [33]
Powell, Dr, [139]
Price, Lake, [336]
——, Lawrence, [140]
Ptolemy III., [299]
Puttick & Simpson, [151], [167-71]
Pyne, Henry, [73-80], [82], [87], [114], [135], [155]
Pynson, Richard, [134]
Q
Quaritch, B., [8], [13], [29], [50], [52-3], [67], [89], [142], [147-8], [155-7], [162], [166], [171-5], [178-9], [211], [221]
Quarles, F., [49]
R
Randolph, Thomas, [145]
Rawlins, Thomas, [269]
Rawlinson, Thomas, [27]
Reed, Isaac, [31], [34-35]
Reeves & Turner, [78], [111], [128-33], [182]
Reynardson, Mr, [90]
Reynell, C. W., [4], [7], [226]
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, [223]
Reynolds of Hart Street, [195], [202-3], [205-6], [210], [215-16]
Richard, Cœur-de-Lion, [306]
Richard III., [140], [276]
Richard de Benese, [121]
Richardson, Mr, [220]
Rich’s News from Virginia, [50]
Ridler, W., [132-3-4]
Rimbault, Dr, [155-6]
Rimells, The, [119]
Riviere, Robert, [61], [94-5], [124], [180]
Ritson, Joseph, [19], [27], [28]
Robert le Diable, [306]
—— of Sicily, [306]
Robespierre, [212]
Robin Hood, [183]
Robinson, Richard, [30]
Rodd, Thomas, [30], [64]
Rogers, Samuel, [63]
Roland, [306]
Rollin & Feuardent, [218], [221], [256]
Rose, James Anderson, [192]
——, Sir W., [192]
Rosebery, Lord, [126]

Rostron Collection, [336]
Roy, William, [29]
Ruskin, John, [13], [111], [219]
S
Sabin, Mr., [140]
Salkeld, John, [122-3-4]
Sandby, P., [227]
Sanders, Samuel, [67]
——, Mr, of Chiswick, [198-9]
Schinner, Nicolas, Bp. of Sion, [280]
Schulman, J., [261-4], [286], [330], [344]
Scott, Sir Walter, [138]
Selsey, Lord, [47]
Shakespear, W., [3], [31], [34-5], [49-50], [85-8], [112], [132], [136], [138], [145], [158], [181]
Shepherd Collection, [336]
Shirley, James, [51], [156]
Simeon, Sir John, [162]
Singer, S. W., [7]
Sion College, [31]
Slatyer, W., [134]
Smith, A. R., [120-1], [153]
——, J. R., [17], [120-1], [182]
——, Samuel, [286]
Somers, Lord, [170-1]
Sotheby & Co., [86], [151-2-67], [226-7], [255-6], [289]
Southwell, Robert, [112]
Spencer, Lord, [49], [223]
Spenser, Edmund, [32], [99], [112], [136]
Spink & Son, [277-83], [288], [344]
Stanfield, [227]
Steevens, George, [26-7], [29], [34-5], [160]
Stevens, Henry, [178]
Stibbs, Edward, [6], [51], [96], [124], [213]
Stirling-Maxwell, Sir W., [180]
Stock, Elliot, [136-7]
Stoddarts, The, [4]
Stopes, Henry, [137-8]
——, James, [138]
——, Leonard, [138]
——, Mrs, [138]
Stubbs, Dr, [38-9]
Suckling, Sir John, [183]
Surrey, Earl of, [163]
Swainson, Mr, [160]
Swinburne, A. C., [103]
Sylvester, Joshua, [124]
T
Tatham, John, [35]
Taylor, Jeremy, [49], [107]
——, John, [105-7], [111], [119-21]
Thorpe, Thomas, [37], [64]
Thuanus, [161]
Todd, Rev. H. J., [32]
Tollemaches, The, [38], [85]
Toovey, James, [47], [113], [123]
Turbervile, George, [44], [111]
Turner, R. S., [8], [67]
V
Varley, [227]
Vaughan, Henry, [121]
Verstegan, Richard, [94-5]
Virgil, [163]
Vitalini, [287]
W
Wake, Henry, [131-2], [134-5]
Walfords, The, [29], [119-20], [164]
Wallenstein, [305], [340]
Waller, Edmond, [118]
Wallers, The, [118-19], [212]
Walton, Isaak, [88], [111-12]
Ware, Sir James, [96]
Warly, Lee, [139]
Warren, W., [162]
Warton, Thomas, [31], [34]
Watson-Taylor, [29]
Watts, Thomas, [175]
Way, G. W., [160]
Wells, Pedigree, [270]
Westerton, Charles, [146]
Westmoreland, Earl of, [17]
Whelan, F., [218-21], [267-74], [333]
Whisperer, The, A play,[36]
Whittington, Sir Richard, [40], [165]
Wigan, Edward, [267]
William IV., [324]
Willis & Sotheran, [113]
Withals, John, [94], [99]
Wither, George, [49], [123], [154]
Wolfrestons, The, [104], [140]
Wynkyn de Worde, [27], [48], [132-4], [141]
Wynne, Edward, of Chelsea, [28]
Wyon, W., [213]
Y
Yates, James, [90]

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