Rough List, No. 72. A Rough List of Valuable and Rare Books, including the choicer portion of the valuable Library of the late Rev. J. Fuller Russell, D.C.L., F.S.A.; also many cheap works of every class of Literature recently purchased [ Bernard Quaritch, bookseller's catalogue, September 1885 ]

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Printed wrappers, 8vo, 80 pp. Books from the library of the late Rev. John Fuller Russell (1813-1884), which had beensold at Sotheby's in a five day sale in June and July 1885. Russell had an important library of illuminated manuscripts and early printed books, but is more famous as a serious art collector- no less an authority than Gustave Waagen reporting that on a visit to Russell at Eagle House near Enfield, he found the walls "so richly adorned with specimens of the 14th century, that the spectator feels as if transported to a chapel at Siena or Florence." Wrappers somewhat darkened and slightly marked, minor edgewear, otherwise Good. N° de ref. del artículo ABE-58841

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