Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777-1857
Title:
Catalogue of the splendid and valuable library of the late John Rennie, esq. ... : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Evans at his house, no. 93, Pall Mall, on Monday July 13, and four following days.
Published / Created:
[London] : [R.H. Evans], [1829]
Physical Description:
2 volumes 21 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
N8640 .N6+ v. 14 no.2-3 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
British Museum. List of catalogues of English books sales, 1676-1900, page 177

Date of sale: July 13-17, 1829.

Place of sale: London.

Pt. 1: 955 titles, sold "Monday, July 13, and four following days, 1829"; pt. 2: 1117 titles, sold "Monday, July 20, and five following days, 1820."

BAC: British Art Center copy is annotated in ink with prices and buyers' names for some lots. Number 2-3 of 14 auction catalogs bound together. The volume bound in contemporary half calf, with binder's ticket of T. Armstrong (the Strand). Armorial bookplate of Baron Northwick.

LSF,ARTR X348 E92 1829/7/13-25: Partially priced in ms., with other ms. notations and markings.
Subject Terms:
Rennie, John, 1761–1821 -- Library -- Catalogs. | Rare books -- Bibliography -- Catalogs. | Incunabula -- Catalogs. | Private libraries -- England -- Catalogs. | Booksellers' catalogs -- England -- London. | Book auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. | Rare books. | Incunabula. | Libraries. | Private libraries. | England. | Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Bibliography -- Catalogs. | Catalogs. | Auction catalogs -- 1829 07 13-25. | Auction catalogues -- 1829 07 13-25.