volume 72 no 1

spring 2023

‘Reader, I found it’: The First Jane Eyre in French Jay Dillon . . . 11

The Marvellous Monsieur Sardou, Part 1 Victoria Dailey. . . . 21

Early Books and Early Readers at Nostell Priory, Part 1 Edward Potten . . . . . . . . . . . 43

‘For the Encouragement of Benefactions’: Library Catalogues and Fundraising in Colonial America Basie Bales Gitlin . . . . 63

Reading Horace Walpole: A Pandemic Project Neil Guthrie . . . 81

‘Working tools almost daily in demand�’ The Libraries of John Nichols and His Family Julian Pooley . . . . . . 87

The 1845 Handbook to Chatsworth and Hardwick: A Census of Copies Charles Sebag-Montefiore . . . . . . 107

Who Planted the Trees? Pioneers in the Development of Bookbinding History, Part 3: G� D� and A� R� A� Hobson Mirjam M. Foot . . . 118

‘Books as they were bought’ – Mavis Eggle’s Collection James Fleming 129

The Libraries of Twelve Early Members of the Club, Part 10: William Windham Stephen Clarke . . . . . . 133

news & comment 139 ● sales & catalogues 157 ● obituaries 171 ● book reviews 177 ● notes on contributors 186 ● notes for contributors 187 ● in the next issue 188 ● list of advertisers 192

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