. The Herald and genealogist. yondmere collecting. On several occasions he acquired whole libraries ofMSS. at one purchase; as, first, that of Professor Yan Ess of Darm-stadt, next that of M. Chaudin of Paris, and afterwards the very con-siderable collection formed by Meerman of the Hague. It was said at one time (about 1836) that he had purchased for10,000/. the entire stock which had been advertised in a miscellaneousCatalogue of Manuscripts by Thomas Thorpe a well-known booksellerin Piccadilly. His mansion at Middle Hill had long been full to overflowing, when,ten years before his death, he
. The Herald and genealogist. yondmere collecting. On several occasions he acquired whole libraries ofMSS. at one purchase; as, first, that of Professor Yan Ess of Darm-stadt, next that of M. Chaudin of Paris, and afterwards the very con-siderable collection formed by Meerman of the Hague. It was said at one time (about 1836) that he had purchased for10,000/. the entire stock which had been advertised in a miscellaneousCatalogue of Manuscripts by Thomas Thorpe a well-known booksellerin Piccadilly. His mansion at Middle Hill had long been full to overflowing, when,ten years before his death, he purchased Thirlestane House in Chel-tenham, and converted into libraries the galleries which had beenpreviously occupied by the large collection of pictures that belonged tothe late Lord Northwick. Here for the present they rest, under theguardianship of his son-in-law the Eev. John Fenwick. It cannot be justly alleged that Sir Thomas Phillipps was not fullyaware of the essential importance of having those keys to his vast I. FelDT 16^^ 1866. Note.—By inadvertence, the pages of go from 480 to 589; pages 589 to 684should have been 481 et seq. There has beennothing omitted ; it is simply an error ofpagination. MEMOIR OF THE LATE JOHN GOUGH NICHOLS. The subject of the present Memoir was the representative of afamily, which, while carrying on successfully the business ofprinting, has for three generations more or less distinguisheditself in the sphere of literature and archaaological research. Hisgrandfather, John Nichols, , was the well-known authorof the Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century, the com-piler of one of the greatest of our local histories, The History ofLeicestershire^ and for forty-eight years the editor of the Gentle-mans Magazine. As a printer, he was the pupil, partner, andsuccessor of William Bowyer, a learned typographer and author,himself the son and successor of another William Bowyer, whocarried on the business of a printer in London
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