Catalogue of the Library of the Late John, Duke of Roxburghe - Arranged By G. And W. Nicol, Booksellers to His Majesty, Pall-Mall

Klappentext Reissued here together, the 1812 sale catalogue and supplement for a significant bibliographical auction, with handwritten price and purchaser annotations. Zusammenfassung The Duke of Roxburghe's library included illuminated medieval manuscripts! incunabula! fifteen books printed by Caxton! and all four Shakespeare folios. Reissued here together are the 1812 sale catalogue and supplement! both annotated by an auction attendee who recorded the name of every buyer and the price paid for each book. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Ed Potten; Condition of sale; Preface; 1. Theology to mythology; 2 Jurisprudence to government; 3. Philosophy to apophthegms; 4. Arts and sciences to medicine; 5. Philology to rhetoric; 6. Poetry; 7. Dramatic poetry; 8. Romances; 9. Criticism; 10. Satires; 11. Polygraphy; 12. Geography; 13. History, universal; 14. History,ancient; 15. History, ecclesiastical; 16. History, modern; 17. Antiquities; 18. Heraldry, genealogy, biography; A supplement to the catalogue; The prices of the Roxburghe library.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Harding Evans
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.01.2014
• EAN: 9781108065832
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06583-2
• No. of pages: 420
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism