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BIBLIOGRAPHY. - Messrs. EVANS Auctioneers. Catalogue of the Valuable Library of the late John
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BIBLIOGRAPHY. - Messrs. EVANS Auctioneers. Catalogue of the Valuable Library of the late John Delafield Phelps
Mesrs. Evans
London
1843
solid
8 3/4 x 5 5/8in; 222 x 144mm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY. - Messrs. EVANS Auctioneers.
Catalogue of the Valuable Library of the late John Delafield Phelps ... removed from his seat [Chavenage House] in Gloucestershire ... Which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Evans, 93, Pall Mall.
[London: printed by W. Nicol,] 1843. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 5/8in; 222 x 143mm). Text listing 1363 lots, manuscript pricing throughout, manuscript listing of page totals and grand total of £1270.16 for all 6 days.
Contents condition: soiling and toning, particularly to the first and last pages, various stabbed holes at upper inner quadrant, uncut.
Contemporary leather-backed boards, manuscript titling to old paper label on spine
Condition of binding: spine scuffed, cloth strengthening to inner margins of first and last leaf.
Provenance: 'Excise Office' (early manuscript note on title)
A work-a-day copy of the quite rare auction catalogue of an important collection belonging to a founder member of the Roxburghe Club: John Delafield Phelps (1764-1842) who was a landowner and bibliophile who lived at Chavenage House, near Tetbury, in Gloucestershire. The catalogue includes a Shakespeare 1st folio and a number of incunables, including works from Chaucer and others printed by Caxton, and Wynkyn de Worde.
Ref: 17.056d
Mesrs. Evans
London
1843
solid
8 3/4 x 5 5/8in; 222 x 144mm
To bid please visit AntiquarianAuctions.com
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BIBLIOGRAPHY. - Messrs. EVANS Auctioneers. Catalogue of the Valuable Library of the late John Delafield Phelps
Mesrs. Evans
London
1843
solid
8 3/4 x 5 5/8in; 222 x 144mm
To bid please visit AntiquarianAuctions.com
BIBLIOGRAPHY. - Messrs. EVANS Auctioneers.
Catalogue of the Valuable Library of the late John Delafield Phelps ... removed from his seat [Chavenage House] in Gloucestershire ... Which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Evans, 93, Pall Mall.
[London: printed by W. Nicol,] 1843. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 5/8in; 222 x 143mm). Text listing 1363 lots, manuscript pricing throughout, manuscript listing of page totals and grand total of £1270.16 for all 6 days.
Contents condition: soiling and toning, particularly to the first and last pages, various stabbed holes at upper inner quadrant, uncut.
Contemporary leather-backed boards, manuscript titling to old paper label on spine
Condition of binding: spine scuffed, cloth strengthening to inner margins of first and last leaf.
Provenance: 'Excise Office' (early manuscript note on title)
A work-a-day copy of the quite rare auction catalogue of an important collection belonging to a founder member of the Roxburghe Club: John Delafield Phelps (1764-1842) who was a landowner and bibliophile who lived at Chavenage House, near Tetbury, in Gloucestershire. The catalogue includes a Shakespeare 1st folio and a number of incunables, including works from Chaucer and others printed by Caxton, and Wynkyn de Worde.
Ref: 17.056d
Mesrs. Evans
London
1843
solid
8 3/4 x 5 5/8in; 222 x 144mm
To bid please visit AntiquarianAuctions.com
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