Bibliotheca Hohendorfiana, ou Catalogue de la Bibliotheque de feu Monsieur George Guillaume Baron de Hohendorf..
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: HOHENDORF, G.W.)
1 p.l., 240 pp.; 1 p.l., 200 pp.; 1 p.l., 288 pp. Three vols. in one. 8vo, orig. paste-paper wrappers (spine worn, upper wrapper nearly detached), uncut. The Hague: A. de Hondt, 1720. The rare sale catalogue of the famous library of Georg Wilhelm, Freiherr von Hohendorf (d. 1719), Austrian general, Adjutant-General of Prince Eugene of Savoy, and his rival as a book collector. Hohendorf’s library contained a splendid series of early printed books, 16 Grolier bindings, a... Read More
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Bibliotheca Fageliana. A Catalogue of the valuable and extensive Library of the Greffier Fagel, of the Hague...which will be sold by Auction, by Mr. Christie…on Monday, March 1, 1802, and the Twenty-nine following Days
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: FAGEL, Hendrik)
xii, 490 pp. 8vo, cont. calf (well-rebacked to match), gilt fillet round sides, spine gilt, green morocco lettering piece on spine. London: Printed at Barker & Son, 1802. A rare auction catalogue; the collection was purchased before the sale en bloc by Trinity College, Dublin. The Fagel library, formed over the course of almost two centuries by a politically powerful Dutch family, today is one of the most important collections at Trinity College, Dublin. “The Fagel library was... Read More
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Catalogue d’Estampes anciennes et modernes, et de Livres à Figures du Cabinet de feu le Chevalier de Karcher, Ministre résident de S.A.R. le Grand-Duc de Toscane et de la Hesse électorale; par Duchesne aîné; suivi d’une Notice de Tabatières précieuses, Bronzes, Pendules, et autres Objets de curiosités du même Cabinet. Par Charles Paillet. La vente aura lieu le lundi 24 Janvier 1825 et jours suivans
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: KARCHER, Henri Thomas de)
60 pp. Small 8vo, attractive antique calf-backed paste paper boards, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: Leblanc, 1824. The very rare sale catalogue of a notable collection of 325 prints by Dürer, Masson, Nanteuil, Rembrandt, etc., as well as illustrated books, snuff boxes, and sculptures. From the biographical sketch we learn that Karcher (1773-1824), was a prominent financial administrator under Napoleon who participated in the Congress of Vienna. His many years abroad in Germany and... Read More
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Catalogue des Livres imprimés et manuscrits, de la Bibliothèque de feu Monsieur d’Aguesseau, Doyen du Conseil…
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: AGUESSEAU (or DAGUESSEAU), Henri François & Jean Baptiste Paulin)
xxxvi, 366 pp., one leaf (but lacking, as is often the case, the 12-page schedule of sale & the 80-page author index). 8vo, cont. speckled calf (two corners a bit worn, joints a little cracked but strong), flat spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: Gogué & Née de la Rochelle, 1785. The rare sale catalogue of the great library of books and early manuscripts, many illuminated, founded by Henri François d’Aguesseau (1668-1751), Chancellor of France,... Read More
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Notice de Tableaux, Miniatures, Dessins, Mosaiques de Florence, et autres Objets tant de curiosité que d’ameublement, Dont la vente se fera…les lundi 16 et mardi 17 mars 1818…[Expert Bon-Thomas Henry]
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: [LIVRY, Hippolyte de or Hypolite])
32 pp. 8vo (195 x 129 mm.), late 19th-century marbled boards (spine a bit rubbed), red morocco lettering-piece on spine. Paris: Bonnefons & Henry, 1818. A very scarce sale catalogue, mostly priced; we locate no copy in North America. A later 19th-century pencil inscription in the present copy, as well as in two other inscribed catalogues, suggests that the contents of this auction belonged to the art collector Hippolyte de Livry (1765-1834) — not to be confused with... Read More
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Notice des quelques Tableaux, Gouaches, Estampes, Recueils, Terres Cuites, Albatres, etc., Après le décès de… Par F. L. Regnault-Delalande. Cette Vente se fera…le Jeudi 9 Décembre [1813]…
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: COSSE-BRISSAC, Hyacinthe Hugues Timoléon, comte de)
1 p.l., 12 pp. 8vo (218 x 140 mm.), mid-19th century marbled boards (spine worn), spine gilt, uncut. Paris: Metzinger & Regnault-Delalande, 1813. A very rare auction catalogue for the sale of Cossé-Brissac (1746-1813), count of the Empire, chamberlain to Napoleon’s mother, and politician. His remains were placed in the Pantheon. This was a mixed sale of paintings, drawings, sculpture, prints, and ceramics. 42 lots. It details 24 lots of paintings by Brueghel the Elder, Champaigne, Maratti,... Read More
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Catalogue de Tableaux, Sculptures, Dessins, Estampes encadrées, en feuilles & en Recueils; d’un précieux Fonds de Planches gravées avec leurs Epreuves; de divers Ustensiles de Graveur, & autres objets de Curiosité: Le tout provenant de la Succession de feu…Dont la Vente se fera dans les premiers jours du mois de Décembre prochain, en sa maison…Par M. Hayot de Longpré…
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: LE BAS, Jacques Philippe)
Finely engraved frontis. with profile of Le Bas (drawn by Cochin & engraved by C.E. Gaucher) & finely engraved tailpiece at the end of the biographical sketch (by same). xlix, 92, 19 pp. catalogue list. 8vo, orig. semi-stiff boards (head of spine a little split), leaves uncut. Paris: Clousier & Joullain, 1783. The very rare sale catalogue of the engraver to the Cabinet du Roi; with a valuable list of 133 catalogues produced by Joullain since 1763. Le... Read More
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![[Drop-title]: Catalogue des Tableaux, Dessins, Estampes & autres Ustensiles à l’usage de la Peinture, laissés au décès du Sr. Amand, Peintre du Roy… [From the added manuscript title-page: “Par F. Basan”], Dont la Vente commencera le Vendredi 30 Juin 1769 & jours suivans…](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/709/291/1129291709.0.l.jpg)
[Drop-title]: Catalogue des Tableaux, Dessins, Estampes & autres Ustensiles à l’usage de la Peinture, laissés au décès du Sr. Amand, Peintre du Roy… [From the added manuscript title-page: “Par F. Basan”], Dont la Vente commencera le Vendredi 30 Juin 1769 & jours suivans…
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: AMAND, Jacques François)
3 pp. Small 8vo, modern calf-backed marbled semi-stiff boards (spine slightly rubbed), spine gilt. [Paris: 1769]. An interleaved and annotated copy of this rare catalogue. Amand (1730-69), winner of the 1756 Prix de Rome for his Samson and Delilah (now at the Landesmuseum in Mainz), studied under Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre and became a member of the Académie in 1767. He is very probably the “Jean François Amand or Aman” known to be working in Rome in 1759.... Read More
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Catalogue de Tableaux des Ecoles d’Italie, de Flandres, et de France. Dessins, Estampes, Terres-cuites, Marbres, Bronzes antiques & modernes, Ouvrages de Mosaïque, Surtout de Table en pierres précieuses, Porcelaines anciennes & modernes, Tabatiere ornée de Peintures de Petitot, Camées antiques, Boîtes de Malaquit & de Lapis, Vases & Table de Marbre rare, belles Girandoles, Pendule, Feux & bras de Bronze doré d’or mat & d’or moulu, Lustre de Cristal de Roche, Meubles, & différens autres Objets rares & précieux formant le Cabinet de…On en fera la vente le 16 Janvier 1786 & jours suivans…Par M. Le Brun, Garde des Tableaux de Mgr. Comte d’Artois
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: LE BAILLI DE BRETEUIL, Jacques Laure Le Tonnelier)
106 pp. 8vo, attractive antique calf-backed paste-paper boards, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: Le Brun, 1785. The uncommon sale catalogue of the collection of a famous patron of the arts. Bailli de Breteuil (1725?-85), an influential diplomat who was ambassador to Malta, collected paintings, sculptures, curiosities, and objets d’art. He lived in Rome for about two decades and he owned a magnificent Roman villa decorated by Lavallée-Poussin. Upon returning to Paris in 1787, he... Read More
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Catalogue d’Estampes…Planches gravées, Impressions de planches et autres Objets, Après le décès de… Par F. L. Regnault-Delalande. Cette Vente se fera les Mardi 1er et Mercredi 2 Juillet, 1823…
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: GUIOT, Jac. P.)
31 pp. 8vo (215 x 140 mm.), self-bound, stitched as issued, leaves uncut. Paris: Deschambeaux & Regnault-Delalande, 1823. A very rare auction catalogue for the collection of an obscure engraver and print-dealer; we locate no copy in North America. We have not been able to identify Guiot or any of his works, but the entry for prints by him in this catalogue provides his birth and death dates (1790-1823) and reveals that he was taught by the engraver... Read More
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The Gibson Craig Library. Catalogue of the Valuable and very extensive Library of the late James T. Gibson Craig, Esq. (removed from Edinburgh)
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: CRAIG, James Thomson Gibson)
32 chromo-lithographic plates of bindings (one double-page). Three vols. in one. Thick & heavy very large 4to (340 x 255 mm.), cont. half-morocco & marbled boards by Zaehnsdorf (a bit rubbed & worn at extremities), spine gilt, t.e.g. London, Dryden Press for Sotheby’s, 1887-1888. One of 100 large paper copies (our copy unnumbered); this is certainly the largest “large paper” copy of an auction catalogue ever produced. Gibson Craig (1799-1886), was a notable Scottish antiquary and one of... Read More
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Catalogue des Livres de la Bibliothéque de M. Motteley, composée d'une Collection considérable d'Elzévirs et autres beaux Livres et Manuscrits rares, précieux et singuliers, la plupart reliés par Desseuil, Padeloup, Derome, Simier, Purgold, Thouvenin et Vogel; dont la vente se fera le jeudi 2 décembre 1824, et jours suivans..
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: MOTTELEY, J.C.)
5 p.l., 219, [1] pp. 8vo, cont. boards, black leather lettering piece on spine. Paris: Silvestre, 1824. An important sale. "Ce catalogue renferme une réunion très-nombreuse de livres imprimés par les Elzeviers; il en est de très-rares et qui étaient jusqu'alors restés inconnus aux bibliographes."Brunet, Dictionnaire de Bibliologie Catholique, col. 498. A large number of Motteley's books come from the libraries of de Thou and the Comte d'Hoym. We learn from the same source that Motteley... Read More
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Catalogue des Tableaux, Dessins, Livres et Estampes, Provenant du Cabinet… Par Pieri-Bénard. La Vente aura lieu le lundi 27 novembre 1826 et jours suivans…en son domicile, quai des Augustins, no. 55…
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: LE BARBIER, Jean Jacques François, painter)
62 pp. Small 8vo (200 x 130 mm.), late 19th-cent. sheep-backed marbled boards (joints a bit rubbed), spine gilt. Paris: Perrot & Pieri-Bénard, 1826. The very rare sale catalogue describing the history painter’s art collection and library. Le Barbier (1738-1826) espoused the Neoclassical tenets of David and Vien and executed a number of pictures in a similar style. He also engaged with sculpture, tapestry, and book illustration, and consistently exhibited at the Salon de Paris beginning in... Read More
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![Catalogue d’une riche et agréable Collection de Tableaux, Et la vente…le lundi 26, mardi 27, et mercredi 28 dudit mois [November]…](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/490/426/1332426490.0.l.jpg)
Catalogue d’une riche et agréable Collection de Tableaux, Et la vente…le lundi 26, mardi 27, et mercredi 28 dudit mois [November]…
by AUCTION CATALOGUE: LANEUVILLE, Jean Louis, expert
2 p.l., 60 pp. 8vo (189 x 131 mm.), late 19th-cent. marbled boards, red sheep lettering-piece on spine. Paris: Laneuville, Henry & Bonnefons de la Vialle, 1821. A scarce sale catalogue of paintings and several drawings, with nearly all prices in a contemporary hand and several marginal notes, along with a curious letter bound-in at the end. The contents of this sale were probably drawn from the stock of Laneuville (1748-1826) and Bon Thomas Henry (1766-1836). One hand,... Read More
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Catalogue d’un bon Choix d’Estampes, de Gouaches et de Dessins, du Cabinet de feu M. Alibert, ancien Marchand d’Estampes. Par F. L. Regnault-Delalande. Cette Vente se fera le Lundi 1er et le Mardi 2 Mars…
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: ALIBERT, [Jean Guillaume])
26 pp. 8vo (208 x 136 mm.), orig. stitching with traces of scotch tape, leaves uncut. Paris: Félix & Regnault-Delalande, 1819. A scarce sale catalogue of drawings and prints; we locate only one copy in North America. Alibert, a print dealer, died in 1803, and his shop’s stock was dissolved by Regnault-Delalande the same year (Lugt 6612); the Getty Provenance Index entry suggests that this auction consisted of property belonging to an heir of Alibert. 144 lots... Read More
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Catalogue d’une riche Collection de Tableaux, de Peintures à gouazze & au pastel, de Desseins précieux montés & non-montés; d’Estampes choisies en feuilles & en recueils; le tout des trois Ecoles. Du Cabinet de M***. [in cont. ms]: “Lempereur.” Dont la Vente se fera le Lundi 24 Mai 1773, & jours suivans… [Expert: F. C. Joullain]
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: [LEMPEREUR, Jean Denis])
iv, 159 pp. 8vo (200 x 135 mm.), antique calf-backed paste-paper boards, red morocco lettering-piece on spine, spine gilt. Paris: Chariot, Boileau & Joullain, 1773. A scarce sale catalogue, priced throughout in a contemporary hand and with running totals, featuring a large number of drawings formerly in the Crozat collection. Lempereur (1701-79), a well-known jeweler and local politician, cultivated a close relationship with Mariette, and at Mariette’s sale, Lempereur advised the king on drawings worthy of the royal... Read More
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![Catalogue d’une Collection de Tableaux anciens et modernes, appartenant à M. le Chevalier Baget. Dont la vente se fera les mercredi 14 et jeudi 15 février 1816…[Expert: B. T. Henry]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/053/423/1332423053.0.m.jpg)
Catalogue d’une Collection de Tableaux anciens et modernes, appartenant à M. le Chevalier Baget. Dont la vente se fera les mercredi 14 et jeudi 15 février 1816…[Expert: B. T. Henry]
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: BAGET, [Jean de])
20 pp. 8vo (214 x 137 mm.), cont. blue paper wrappers (a bit worn), orig. stitching strengthened with scotch tape, uncut. Paris: Olivier & Henry, 1816. A very scarce sale catalogue; the copy at the British Library was destroyed in World War II. Baget (1743-1821), a French general during the Revolution and Napoleonic Wars, amassed a choice collection of mostly Northern and contemporary French paintings. This sale’s expert, Henry, equivocates about the quality of the collection in the... Read More
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Catalogue des Livres de la Bibliothèque de feu M. J.B.G. Haillet de Couronne, Ancien Lieutenant-Général Criminel au Baillage de Rouen, Secrétarie perpétuel honoraire de l'Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de la même Ville, Membre de l'Académie des Belles-Lettres de Caen, etc.
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: HAILLET DE COURONNE, Jean Baptiste Guillaume)
xvii, 311 pp. 8vo, cont. blue straight-grained half-morocco & paste-paper boards (upper joint a little wormed). Paris: Tilliard Frères, August 1811. A fine sale of 2325 lots, containing about 15,000 volumes, and priced throughout in a contemporary hand. The savant Haillet (1728-1810), a member of a distinguished noble family, formed a library particularly rich in natural history, geography, antiquities, literary history, and bibliography. We learn from the “Avertissement” that Haillet began to collect books at the age of... Read More
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![Catalogue de Tableaux, Dessins et Estampes; Livres sur les Arts, Manuscrits, Recueils, Porte-feuilles d’études, Ustensiles de peinture, laissés par feu…Dont la Vente aura lieu…le lundi matin 20 novembre 1826, et jours suivans…[Expert: C. Paillet]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/442/971/1326971442.0.l.jpg)
Catalogue de Tableaux, Dessins et Estampes; Livres sur les Arts, Manuscrits, Recueils, Porte-feuilles d’études, Ustensiles de peinture, laissés par feu…Dont la Vente aura lieu…le lundi matin 20 novembre 1826, et jours suivans…[Expert: C. Paillet]
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: THIBAULT, Jean Thomas)
38 pp. 8vo (190 x 125 mm.), early 20th-cent. cloth-backed marbled boards, title on spine. Paris: Dumanoir & Paillet, 1826. An uncommon auction catalogue describing the collection of Thibault (1757-1826), an artist and architect well-known for his vivid architectural drawings. He served as architect of the palaces at Neuilly and the Elysée, and was appointed professor of perspective at the Ecole des beaux-arts in 1819. Paillet has contributed a short biographical sketch for Thibault at the beginning of... Read More
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Catalogue des Livres et Manuscrits formant la Bibliothèque de feu M. J.B.Th. de Jonghe
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: JONGHE, Jean Baptiste Théodore de)
Lithographed frontis. port. of the collector & two plates depicting family armorials. xxi, 368 pp.; xii, 459 pp.; x, 457 pp. Three vols. Thick 8vo, cont. green morocco-backed green marbled boards, spines gilt. Brussels: F. Heussner, 1860-61-60. This magnificent library was one of the greatest and most complete ever formed on the history, heraldry, genealogy, and numismatics of the Low Countries. The collection was the most important sold since Lammens and van Hulthem 25 years earlier. De... Read More
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Catalogue des Collections de Dessins & Estampes, d'Histoire Naturelle, de coquilles et Machines de Monsieur l'Abbé de Fleury, Chanoine de l'Eglise de Paris
by (AUCTION CATALOGUES: JOLY DE FLEURY, Jean Omer)
Dont la Vente commencera le 4 Mars 1756. vi, 63 pp. 8vo, cont. vellum over boards, single gilt fillet round sides, flat spine gilt, gilt wheat sheaves in five of the compartments, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: G. Martin & P.G. Simon, 1756. [bound with]: (SIREJACOB, J.A.J.). Catalogue d’une très-belle Collection d’Estampes, de Rubens, Van Dyck, Jordaens, Teniers, Callot & autres fameux Maîtres Italiens, François & Flamands. Assemblées depuis longues Années, & Délaissées par... Read More
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Catalogue de la Bibliothèque de feu M. le Baron Jérôme Pichon
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: PICHON, Jérôme, Baron)
Numerous text illus. 2 p.l., xlvi, [2], 459, [1] pp.; 2 p.l., 274 pp., one leaf; 2 p.l., 309, [3] pp. Three vols. in two. Large 8vo, orig. printed wrappers bound in cont. blue morocco-backed marbled boards, signed “Petitot Rel.,” t.e.g. Paris: Techener, 1897-98-98. [with]: (—). Catalogue de la Collection de Dessins et Estampes de l’Ecole française du XVIIe et du XVIIIe Siècle de feu M. le Baron Jérôme Pichon. 2 p.l., 124 pp. Large 8vo, binding... Read More
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Verzeichniss einer auserlesenen naturhistorischen Bibliothek und einiger andern Schriften, welche von dem allhier verstorbenen Buchhändler Herrn Johann Jacob Gebauer hinterlassen und auf den 18ten Junius 1821…und folgende Tage in dem Gebauerschen Hause…öffentlich versteigert werden sollen durch J. Chr. Lippert
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: GEBAUER, J.J.)
1 p.l., 28 pp. Small 8vo, self-bound (title & verso of final leaf dusty). Halle: Gebauer, [1821]. The very rare sale catalogue of the natural history library of Gebauer (1745-1818), the Halle publisher and printer. In 1772, Johann Jacob took over the publishing firm established by his father in 1733 and ran it until his own death in 1818. The publishing house was later acquired by his son-in-law C.A. Schwetschke and renamed Gebauer-Schwetschke. During Johann Jacob’s proprietorship, the... Read More
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![Catalogue de Tableaux Hollandais et Flamands, Porcelaine de Sèvres et Pierres gravées, Provenant des voyages de M. J.-L. B... Dont la Vente aura lieu les 24 et 25 Novembre 1817…[Expert: C. Paillet]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/894/677/1329677894.0.l.jpg)
Catalogue de Tableaux Hollandais et Flamands, Porcelaine de Sèvres et Pierres gravées, Provenant des voyages de M. J.-L. B... Dont la Vente aura lieu les 24 et 25 Novembre 1817…[Expert: C. Paillet]
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: B[ARBIER], J. L.)
1 p.l., ii, 20 pp. 8vo (190 x 125 mm.), orig. printed wrappers bound in early 20th-cent. cloth-backed marbled boards, spine gilt. Paris: Chariot & Ch. Paillet, 1817. A very scarce sale catalogue, fully priced and with a number of buyers’ names in a contemporary hand, apparently offering the fruits of this collector or dealer’s travels in the Netherlands. The title-page of the British Library copy bears an inscription that identifies the consigner as “Barbier, Md. de Tableaux,”... Read More
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Catalogue of the Extensive, Genuine, and highly Valuable Collection of Pictures, late the Property of the Hon. John Clerk of Eldin, one of the Senators of the College of Justice…which will be Unreservedly sold by Auction by Messrs Thomas Winstanley & Sons (of Liverpool), at No. 16, Picardy Place, Edinburgh, on Thursday the 14th of March 1833, and thirteen following days…
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: ELDIN, John Clerk, Lord)
Folding engraved frontis. & five engraved plates. 2 p.l., 2, 32 pp., [2], 33-103. 8vo, cont. half-sheep & marbled boards (rejointed & extremities rubbed), spine gilt. Edinburgh: Printed by J. Hutchison, [1833]. A famous sale with fatal results; it is clear that this copy survived the collapse of the floor on which the sale was held. John Clerk, Lord Eldin (1757–1832), was one of the leading Scottish lawyers of his time; “he acquired so extensive a practice that,... Read More
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