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Historical and Descriptive Account of the Caricatures of James Gillray

Comprising a Political and Humorous History of the Latter Part of the Reign of George the Third

AvRobert Harding Evans,Thomas Wright

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

461 kr

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Historical and Descriptive Account of the Caricatures of James Gillray

Comprising a Political and Humorous History of the Latter Part of the Reign of George the Third

AvRobert Harding Evans,Thomas Wright

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

350 kr

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Old Ballads, Historical And Narrative

With Some Of Modern Date; Volume 4

AvThomas Evans,Robert Harding Evans

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

453 kr

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Catalogue of the Curious, Choice and Valuable Library of the Late Sir Francis Freeling, Bart. F.S.A

AvRobert Harding Evans

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

390 kr

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Catalogue of the Curious, Choice and Valuable Library of the Late Sir Francis Freeling, Bart. F.S.A

AvRobert Harding Evans

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

219 kr

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Old Ballads, Historical And Narrative

With Some Of Modern Date; Volume 4

AvThomas Evans,Robert Harding Evans

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

328 kr

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Catalogue of the Valuable Library of Thomas James Mathias, Esq., Removed From His Late Official Residence

AvRobert Harding Evans,Thomas James Mathias

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

390 kr

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Catalogue of the Valuable Library of Thomas James Mathias, Esq., Removed From His Late Official Residence

AvRobert Harding Evans,Thomas James Mathias

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

203 kr

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A Catalogue of the Library of the Late John, Duke of Roxburghe

Arranged by G. and W. Nicol, Booksellers to His Majesty, Pall-Mall

AvRobert Harding Evans

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

569 kr

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The dispersal in 1812 of the library of John Ker, Duke of Roxburghe (1740-1804) was the bibliographical event of the decade and a key moment in 'bibliomania'. The huge collection contained illuminated medieval manuscripts, incunabula, fifteen books printed by Caxton, and all four Shakespeare folios. The sale, orchestrated by the bookseller and auctioneer Robert Harding Evans (1777-1857), attracted the greatest book collectors and dealers of the day, setting new records. For the first time in British auction history a single book fetched more than £1,000, while the Valdarfer Boccaccio, the first edition of the Decameron, sold for £2,260. Reported in The Times, the sale immediately gained mythological status. Reissued together here are the printed catalogue and its supplement, both annotated by an attendee at the auction who recorded the name of every buyer and the price paid for each book. Ed Potten, Head of Rare Books at Cambridge University Library, has provided a new introduction that places the catalogue in its wider context.

White Knights Library

Catalogue of that Distinguished and Celebrated Library Which Will Be Sold by Auction

AvRobert Harding Evans

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

356 kr

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The dispersal of the library amassed by George Spencer-Churchill (1766-1840), Marquess of Blandford and later fifth Duke of Marlborough, is most commonly cited today as a preservative against folly. The collection contained some of the most sought-after incunabula of a period defined by the high prices paid for early printed books. It included a fine selection of Caxtons, spectacular botanical and emblem books, and the iconic Valdarfer Boccaccio - the first edition of the Decameron, purchased by Blandford in 1812 for the unprecedented sum of £2,260. The Boccaccio was symptomatic of the profligate expenditure of its buyer. By 1819 his spendthrift ways had ruined him, leading to the sale of his opulent estate at Whiteknights, near Reading, and the dispersal of one of the key libraries in the era of bibliomania. Reissued here together are the two parts of the auction catalogue, both annotated by an auction attendee who recorded details of the purchasers and the prices paid. Ed Potten, Head of Rare Books at Cambridge University Library, has provided a new introduction that places the catalogue in its wider context.