It is generally believed that Bentley's library was, unlike those of so many other scholars, successfully kept together; and no doubt a valuable portion of his books passed en masse through the hands of Richard Cumberland, who received them as a present from the younger Bentley, into the British Museum. But this was not the fate of all several books with ms. Notes by Bentley became the property of Anthony Askew, M.D., who doubtless bought them at the sale of part of Bentley's library which took place immediately after his death. These books were again thrown into the market at the Askew Sale 178 and though some of them have found their way into public libraries 2, others may possibly still be buried in private collections.

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