. Historic bindings in the Bodleian Library, Oxford : with reproductions of twenty-four of the finest bindings. REGISTER OF DONATIONS BY SIR THOMAS EODLEY. In black morocco, silver-gilt corners and clasps. Plate XX. PLATE XX. 47 portion extends to page 91, half way down the first column. The firstentry records that Thomas Sackville Baro de Buckhurst, Summus AngliaeThesaurarius & Oxoniensis Academiae Cancellarius, donauitC. libras monetae Anglicanae, quibus empti funt hi libri, etc. Thomas Sackville {afterwards Earl of Dorset), baron ofBuckhurst, Treasurer of England and Chancellor of theUniver
. Historic bindings in the Bodleian Library, Oxford : with reproductions of twenty-four of the finest bindings. REGISTER OF DONATIONS BY SIR THOMAS EODLEY. In black morocco, silver-gilt corners and clasps. Plate XX. PLATE XX. 47 portion extends to page 91, half way down the first column. The firstentry records that Thomas Sackville Baro de Buckhurst, Summus AngliaeThesaurarius & Oxoniensis Academiae Cancellarius, donauitC. libras monetae Anglicanae, quibus empti funt hi libri, etc. Thomas Sackville {afterwards Earl of Dorset), baron ofBuckhurst, Treasurer of England and Chancellor of theUniversity of Oxford, gave £100 with which the followingbooks were purchased, etc The last printed entry records a donation by Robert Barker,the Kings Printer, in 1604 ; the last item in Barkers donation isin MS., and from this point to the end the Register is continued inMS. In several instances the donors coats of arms are beautifullyilluminated in their proper colours, , The arms of Sir Kenelm Digby, 1634, p. arms of Archbishop Laud, 1635 and 1639, pp. 319 and arms of Philip Herbert,
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