An edition of A catalogue of the library of George Hibbert, Esq. of Portland Place (1829)

A catalogue of the library of George Hibbert, Esq. of Portland Place

which will be sold by auction on Monday, March 16, and seventeen following days; on Monday, May 4, and eleven following days; and on Monday, May 25, and eleven following days, (Sundays excepted,)

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An edition of A catalogue of the library of George Hibbert, Esq. of Portland Place (1829)

A catalogue of the library of George Hibbert, Esq. of Portland Place

which will be sold by auction on Monday, March 16, and seventeen following days; on Monday, May 4, and eleven following days; and on Monday, May 25, and eleven following days, (Sundays excepted,)

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Printed by W. Nicol, Cleveland-Row, St. James's
Language
English
Pages
484

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Subjects

Catalogs, Library, Rare books, Bibliography, Books, Prices, Romances, Vellum printed books, Private libraries, Book auctions

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George Hibbert (1757-1837)

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England, London
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Cover of: A catalogue of the library of George Hibbert, Esq. of Portland Place
A catalogue of the library of George Hibbert, Esq. of Portland Place: which will be sold by auction on Monday, March 16, and seventeen following days; on Monday, May 4, and eleven following days; and on Monday, May 25, and eleven following days, (Sundays excepted,)
1829, Printed by W. Nicol, Cleveland-Row, St. James's
in English

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Edition Notes

"The Collection ... is rich in early-printed Bibles, in ... Natural History, and is, perhaps, unrivalled in the accumulation of early French Romances and ... the rarest productions of Italian Poetry ... [A]lso ... many curious and rare Articles of our early English Poetry ... [and] BOOKS PRINTED UPON VELLUM."--P. [3].

The 8,726 lots, comprising about 20,000 volumes, realized £23,000. Cf. NUC pre-1956.

"Index to the days of sale": preliminary p. [5]; "Index to the books printed upon vellum": preliminary p. [6]-[7]; "Index to the manuscripts": preliminary p. [10].

Includes frontispiece portrait of Hibbert, with ms. inscription: Reduced from a mezzotint by J. Ward after a painting by Hoppner, July 30th 1829. George Hibbert.

Plate [3] is mounted; includes engraving by G.R. Lewis and published by Payne & Foss, 81 Pall Mall.

One of 36 copies printed on large paper. Cf. NUC pre-1956.

Ms. notes by Dawson Turner and a letter from G. Hibbert inserted.

BM, v. 103, col. 541

NUC pre-1956, v. 244, p. 686

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London
Other Titles
Catalog of the library of George Hibbert, Esq. of Portland Place

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[10], 484, 4 p., [5] leaves of plates (some fold.)
Number of pages
484

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OL44950499M
LCCN
02022737
OCLC/WorldCat
228675415

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