Sale Catalogues of Libraries of Eminent Persons: Antiquaries - Francis Grose, Thomas Hearne, William Stukeley, Ralph Thoresby and George Vertue v. 10 by N/A ISBN 13: 9780720103786

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Sotheby Parke Bernet Pubns, 1974 8vo (25 cm), V, 514 pp. Publisher's cloth, spine gilt. Volume 10 from the Sale Catalogues of Libraries of Eminent Persons. Contains sale catalogues of the libraries of antiquaries Ralph Thoresby (sold in 1764), Thomas Hearne (1736), George Vertue (1757), William Stukeley (1766) and Francis Grose (1791).

London: Mansell, 1974. Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo. Hardcover. Good. brown cloth, 514 pp, facsimile, illustrations and blurb to paste downs and end papers, some marks to cloth Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

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Mansell Information / Publishing Ltd, London, first edition, 1974. Cloth, 4to,. 514 pp. Reproduces the auction sale catalogues for the sales of the following libraries: Francis Grose (20 June 1791), Thomas Hearne (16 february 1736), William Stukeley (28 April 1766), Ralph Thoresby (27 February 1764 and 5 March [1764] ), George Vertue (18 March 1757). For each author there is also an introduction setting the sale in context, giving references to printed accounts of the library concerned and to surviving books from the collection, and to any special features of interest in the catalogue. Fine in a marked and torn dustwrapper.

Mansell Information / Publishing Ltd, London, first edition, 1974. Cloth, 4to,. 514 pp. Reproduces the auction sale catalogues for the sales of the following libraries: Francis Grose (20 June 1791), Thomas Hearne (16 february 1736), William Stukeley (28 April 1766), Ralph Thoresby (27 February 1764 and 5 March [1764] ), George Vertue (18 March 1757). For each author there is also an introduction setting the sale in context, giving references to printed accounts of the library concerned and to surviving books from the collection, and to any special features of interest in the catalogue. Top edge duststained, otherwise Very Good in a slightly sunned and edgeworn dustwrapper.

London: Mansell, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 520 p. Edited, with introductions, by Stuart Piggott, F.B.A. London: Mansell with Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications, 1974. Reproduces in facsimile the catalogues of the libraries of Ralph Thoresby, Thomas Hearne, George Vertue, William Stukeley, and Francis Grose, respectively. Original brown cloth binding, with gilt titles. Just the slightest hint of edgewear to the dust jacket; otherwise a fine copy.