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Catalogue of the second portion, comprising the general library of the late Rev. John Mitford, of Benhall, Saxmundham, Suffolk : containing English history and belles letters, rare old plays and poetry, early French & Italian literature, facetiae and curious books. Very many of the volumes in this library are of peculiar interest, arising from their being enriched with manuscript notes in the autograph of their authors, or in the autograph of the eminent persons to whom they have belonged. In addition to which nearly every volume bears on the fly leaf autographic records of the learning, research and untiring energy of the late Rev. John Mitford, one of the most accomplished scholars of his time
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Catalogue of the second portion, comprising the general library of the late Rev. John Mitford, of Benhall, Saxmundham, Suffolk : containing English history and belles letters, rare old plays and poetry, early French & Italian literature, facetiae and curious books. Very many of the volumes in this library are of peculiar interest, arising from their being enriched with manuscript notes in the autograph of their authors, or in the autograph of the eminent persons to whom they have belonged. In addition to which nearly every volume bears on the fly leaf autographic records of the learning, research and untiring energy of the late Rev. John Mitford, one of the most accomplished scholars of his time / which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson ... on Tuesday, 24th of April, 1860, & eleven following days, (Sunday excepted) ...
Publication
[London] : [S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson], [1860]
Manufacture
[London] : J. Davy and Sons, printers, 137, Long Acre.
Physical Description
2 unnumbered pages, 250 pages ; 23 cm
Local Notes
Lewis Walpole Library 125 So717 859: Priced and annotated extensively in ms. Ruled uniformly in red ms. throughout.
Notes
Listing of the 3893 lots.
Total realized: £2999.2.0.
Date of sale: Apr. 24-May 7, 1860.
Place of sale: London.
Provenance
With ms. notes of A.B. Lewis.
Format
Books
Language
English
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July 11, 2019
References
BM English Book Sales, p. 289
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