Bibliotheca Lindesiana : Catalogue of the Library of the Right Hon. The Earl of Crawford. First Portion. [ Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, auction catalogue, sale dates: 13th-18, 20, 22-24 June 1887 ].

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Recent black half-morocco and red boards, gilt spine-title, original wrappers bound in, 8vo, ix, [1], 220 pp. 2148 lots. With an introduction by Lord Crawford, many of the catalogue entries also being written by him. Catalogue of a very important auction sale of treasures from the Bibliotheca Lindesiana at Haigh Hall. Despite the rarity of some of the books on offer, prices were generally disappointing (a long section of very rare Americana doing particularly badly) as the sale took place at the bottom of a depression; Quaritch had advised against the dispersal of the best books but his advice having been disregarded he was able to purchase many of them. Among the highlights of the sale were the 42-line and 1462 Bibles, the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili 1499, the 1481 Dante, the Complutensian Polyglot made only £56, less than any copy for many years, and many of the rarities (especially in the long section of Americana, the 1530 Pentateuch and the first edition of Foxe's Martyrs, the famous 'collector's copy' of Turner's Liber studiorum. Front wrapper torn with loss (not affecting the text) and repaired, otherwise Very Good. Old photograph of the interior of the West Library at Haigh Hall laid in. N° de ref. del artículo ABE-34138

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