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.
Alternate Title(s):
Roxburghe library catalogue
Published / Created:
London : Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. Cleveland-Row, St. James's, 1812.
Rare Books and ManuscriptsZ997 .R887 1812 Copy 1Rare Books and ManuscriptsZ997 .R887 1812 Copy 2Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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:
Roxburghe, John Ker, Duke of, 1740–1804 -- Library -- Catalogs. | Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857 -- Catalogs. | Private libraries -- England -- Catalogs. | Rare books -- Great Britain -- Bibliography -- Catalogs. | Auction catalogs. | Books -- Prices -- Catalogs. | Booksellers' catalogs -- England -- London. | Book auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. | W. Bulmer and Co. -- Printer. | Edwards, T. W. -- Autograph. | Crosse, John -- Autograph.