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Creator:
Roxburghe, John Ker, Duke of, 1740-1804
Title(s):

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.

Additional Title(s):

Roxburghe library catalogue

Library catalogue

Published/Created:
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
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Z997 .R887 1812 Copy 1
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
Z997 .R887 1812 Copy 2
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
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.
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.
Subject Terms:
Auction catalogs.
Book auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs.
Books -- Prices -- Catalogs.
Booksellers' catalogs -- England -- London.
Crosse, John -- Autograph.
Edwards, T. W. -- Autograph.
Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777-1857 -- Catalogs.
Private libraries -- England -- Catalogs.
Rare books -- Great Britain -- Bibliography -- Catalogs.
Roxburghe, John Ker, Duke of, 1740-1804 -- Library -- Catalogs.
W. Bulmer and Co. -- Printer.
Form/Genre:
Annotations (Provenance) -- 19th century.
Book auction catalogs.
Auction catalogs -- 1812 05 18-07 02.
Auction catalogs.
Auction catalogs -- England -- London -- 1812.
Bookplate.
Contributors:
Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777-1857, auctioneer.
Nicol, G. (George), compiler.
Nicol, William, compiler.
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