The original MS., or first copy, of Wood's _History and Antiquities of
Oxford_, in English, was purchased for the moderate sum of £8 8_s._
Already the Library possessed the corrected copy, in the author's
autograph, in two large folio volumes, which had formed part of his
collection in the Ashmolean Museum, but were transferred to the
Bodleian as early as the year 1769. The volume now obtained had been in
the possession of Edw. Roberts, Esq., of Ealing, a letter to whom from
Mr. Joseph Parker, of Oxford, is inserted, dated July 4, 1827, in which
he mentions the sale of the book to Mr. B. Roberts, and says that it was
purchased at a sale at Burford, in 1797 or 1798.
A curious and valuable account-roll of Sir John Williams, Knt., Master
of the Jewels to Henry VIII, which specifies all the treasures which
were in his custody, was bought for £25[345].
The department of Italian topography, antiquities and art was largely
enriched by the purchase from Rev. R. A. Scott (for £234 6_s._) of a
collection of 1426 volumes made by his brother the late George C. Scott,
Esq., during ten years' residence in Italy.
_Dissertations._ See 1828.
_Gower's Cheshire._ See 1842.
_Thorkelin._ See 1828.
[345] An original account, by the same Master of the Jewels, of the
plate and jewels received for the King's use from dissolved monasteries
in the years 1540-1542, is preserved in MS. _e Musæo_, 57.