h sales, which were sold by Charles
Davis, the bookseller; the former at London House, and the latter at the
Bedford Coffee House, in the great Piazza, Covent Garden. In addition to
the printed books and manuscripts, Rawlinson's gallery of paintings was
sold at the Two Golden Bulls in Hart Street, Covent Garden, on April the
4th and 5th 1734, in one hundred and seventeen lots. Among the portraits
was one in crayons of Rawlinson by his brother Richard.

Copies of the sale catalogues of Thomas Rawlinson's books are very rare,
but the Bodleian Library possesses an entire set of them, almost all of
which are marked with the prices which the books fetched, while two or
three have also the names of the purchasers. A fairly correct list of
them is given by Dibdin in his _Bibliomania_, which he made from a
complete collection of them in the Heber library. The catalogue of the
manuscripts was compiled by Rawlinson's brother Richard.

Rawlinson's books appear to have realised but poor prices, for Hearne
writes in his Diary (Nov. 10th, 1734), that 'Dr. Rawlinson by the sale
of his brother's books hath not rais'd near the money expected. For, it
seems, they have ill answer'd, however good books; the MSS. worse, and
what the prints will do is as yet undetermin'd.' No doubt the low prices
were caused by the immense number of books thrown upon the market by
Rawlinson's sales; for, as early as April 1723, Hearne tells us in his
Diary that 'the editions of classicks of the first print (commonly
called _Editiones Principes_), that used to go at prodigious prices, are
now strangely lowered; occasioned, in good measure, by Mr. Tho.
Rawlinson, my friend's, being forced to sell many of his books, in whose
auction these books went cheap, tho' English history and antiquities
went dear: and yet this gentleman was the chief man that raised many
curious and classical books so high, by his generous and couragious way
of bidding.' It is quite possible too that Rawlinson's books were not
always in the finest condition, and had suffered from the dust and
cobwebs of which Oldys speaks.

The Caxtons, of which there were upwards of five and twenty (perfect and
imperfect), realised but very moderate prices. _The Recuyell of the
Histories of Troy_ sold for two pounds, seven shillings; Gower's
_Confessio Amantis_ for two pounds, fourteen shillings and sixpence;
_The Golden Legend_ for three pounds, twelve shillings; and Lydgate's
_Life of Our Lady_ for t