I LLUST{AT IONS Le National, 1 April 1849 � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 10 Le National, 1 March – 15 August, spine label � � � � � � � � 15 Victorien Sardou, carte de visite photograph, c�1861 � � � � � � � 20 Sarah Bernhardt as Théodora, carte de visite photograph, c�1884 � � � � 22 Gabrielle Réjane as Madame Sans Gêne, boudoir photograph, c�1896 � � � 22 Victorien Sardou in his library, photograph, c�1872 � � � � � � � 25 Virginie Déjazet in her role as Gentil-Bernard, c�1860 � � � � � � 30 Sardou’s villa at Marly, near Versailles � � � � � � � � � � 31 The sphinxes at Marly-Le-Roi � � � � � � � � � � � 31 Cover of the 17 January 1869 issue of L’Eclipse � � � � � � � � 34 L’Oncle Sam, lithograph, 1873 � � � � � � � � � � � 35 The East front of Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire � � � � � � � 42 The front flyleaf of a 13th-century miscellany from Nostell Priory � � � � 47 The ruins of the old priory, watercolour, c�1777 � � � � � � � � 49 The ownership inscription of Edmund Winn of Thornton Curtis (1583–c�1645) 51 The ownership inscription of George Winn (1607–1667) � � � � � � 51 An armorial sketch: the arms of the Berkeley family � � � � � � � 53 The ownership inscriptions of Joseph Ludlam and Stephen Ludlam � � � 56 An inscription recording the transfer of books from the Ludlams to the Winns � 58 Samuel Mearne binding from The Queen’s College � � � � � � 66–67 Harvard’s first printed library catalogue, 1723 � � � � � � � � 75 Yale’s first printed library catalogue, 1743 � � � � � � � � � 75 James McCardell’s 1757 mezzotint of Horace Walpole � � � � � � 80 Edward Clarke, Letters Concerning the Spanish Nation� � � � � � � 86 William Bowyer’s annotations in his copy of the Holy Bible � � � � � 91 The inscription inside William Bowyer’s annotated copy of the Holy Bible � � 93 Manuscript catalogue of John Nichols’s library � � � � � � � 103 Ownership inscription by John Nichols, aged 10, inside Littleton’s Latin Dictionary � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 103 Binding of The 1845 Handbook to Chatsworth and Hardwick � � � � 106 G� D� Hobson and A� R� A� Hobson � � � � � � � � � 121 Selling the Illustrated London News � � � � � � � � � � 128 William Windham’s bookplate � � � � � � � � � � 132 The Townchilds Alphabet � � � � � � � � � � � � 138 Oliver Sacks’s bookplate � � � � � � � � � � � � 141 Andrew Edmunds � � � � � � � � � � � � � 172

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