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A catalogue of the library of the late John, Duke of Roxburghe : arranged by G. and W. Nicol, booksellers to His Majesty, Pall-Mall ; which will be sold by auction, at His Grace's late residence in St. James's Square, on Monday, 18th May, 1812, and the forty-one following days, Sundays excepted, at twelve o'clock, by Robert H. Evans, bookseller, Pall-Mall
Title
A catalogue of the library of the late John, Duke of Roxburghe : arranged by G. and W. Nicol, booksellers to His Majesty, Pall-Mall ; which will be sold by auction, at His Grace's late residence in St. James's Square, on Monday, 18th May, 1812, and the forty-one following days, Sundays excepted, at twelve o'clock, by Robert H. Evans, bookseller, Pall-Mall.
Manufacture
London : Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. Cleveland-Row, St. James's, 1812.
Physical Description
17 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, xxii-xxiv, 284 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 22 cm
Local Notes
BAC: British Art Center has two copies. Copy 1 bound in gilt-stamped smooth calf binding. Text block edges gilded. Copiously annotated. Copy 2 (20 cm.) bound in marbled paper boards. Copy 2 bound in contemporary half roan and marbled boards. Inscribed: T.W. Edwards. Text heavily annotated. Has bound with it: Supplement to the catalogue of the library of the late John, Duke of Roxburghe (London: W. Bulmer and Co., 1812).
LSF,ARTR X348 E92 1812/5/18: Priced in ms., with other ms. notations. Spine title: Catalogue Roxburghe.
Notes
9,353 lots; sold for £23,397.
Spine title: Roxburghe library catalogue.
Page 281 wrongly numbered 283. Page 284 repeated in pagination.
Signatures: [A]⁸, B⁴, B-2N⁴, 2O².
Variant and related titles
Roxburghe library catalogue
Library catalogue
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Books
Language
English
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June 01, 2002
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Annotations (Provenance) - 19th century.
Book auction catalogs.
Auction catalogs - 1812 05 18-07 02.
Auction catalogs.
Auction catalogs - England - London - 1812.
Bookplate.
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