Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
Title:
List of catalogues of English book sales, 1676-1900, now in the British museum. Printed by order of the Trustees.
Published / Created:
London, British museum [etc.] 1915.
Physical Description:
2 p.l., [vii]-xv, [1], 523 p. 23 cm.
Holdings:
Reference Library
Z988 B752 (LC)

Reference Library
Z988 B752 (LC)

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Chronological list of 8,000 catalogues, with a full index of owners.

The compilation of the list was begun by Harold Mattingly, continued by I.A.K. Burnett, and completed by A.W. Pollard. cf. Pref.

"Supplementary list. Sale catalogues preserved in the ... Department of manuscripts, not in the Department of printed books": p. [441]-447.
Subject Terms:
Book collectors -- Great Britain. | Private libraries -- Great Britain. | Booksellers and bookselling -- Great Britain. | Catalogs, Booksellers' -- Great Britain -- Bibliography. | Books -- Prices -- Bibliography.
Contributors:
Mattingly, Harold, 1884–1964. | Burnett, I. A. K. (Ian A. K.) | Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William), 1859–1944.