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List of Catalogues of English Book Sales 1676-1900 now in the British Museum

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List of Catalogues of English Book Sales 1676-1900 now in the British Museum

by Pollard, A.W. ;Mattingly, H. ; Burnett, I.A.K. ; British Museum

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British Museum, London, first edition, 1915. Cloth, top edge gilt, 8vo,. xvi, [1], 523 pp. Nearly 8,000 entries. From the preface: "The collection of some eight thousand catalogues of English book sales here listed ranges from the sale of the library of Dr. Lazarus Seaman on 3l October, 1676, the first occasion when books were sold by auction in England, to the end of' the nineteenth century. It owes its importaance mainly to the longsets of the auctioneers' own copies... The longest of these sets is that of the firm which began as S. Baker, over Exeter Change, Strand, in the first half of the eighteenth century, and now flourishes under the style of Sotheby, Willrinson and Hodge. This runs from 7 January, 1744, to the end of our period. Other priced sets are those of Evans (1812-1845), Southgate (1825-1868), Lewis (1825-1852), Wheatley (1825-1887), and Puttick (1846-1888)... [T]he order of the List itself is chronological, with a full Index of Owners, with the dates of their sales. A few informed pencil annotations to text, covers a little faded and rubbed, some age-toning to edges, otherwise Good.

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Wykeham Books GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
List of Catalogues of English Book Sales 1676-1900 now in the British Museum
Author
Pollard, A.W. ;Mattingly, H. ; Burnett, I.A.K. ; British Museum
Format/Binding
Cloth, top edge gilt, 8vo,
Book Condition
Used - A few informed pencil annotations to text, covers a little faded and rubbed, some age-toning to edges, otherwise Good
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
British Museum, London, first edition, 1915
Date Published
1915
Pages
xvi, [1], 523 pp

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