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Creator:
Sotheby and Son
Title(s):
Catalogue of the select and elegant library of the late Mrs. Martyn, widow of the Rev. Thomas Martyn, Professor of Botany at Cambridge ... : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Sotheby and Son, Wellington Street, Strand, on Thursday, November the 12th, and two following days, at twelve o'clock.
Published/Created:
[London] : [Sotheby and Son], [1829]
Physical Description:
26, [2] pages ; 23 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
N8640 .N6+ v. 14 no.4 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
British Museum. List of catalogues of English books sales, 1676-1900, page 178
Date of sale: November 12-14, 1829
Place of sale: London.
BAC: British Art Center copy is annotated in ink with sale prices for some lots. Number 4 of 14 auction catalogs bound together. The volume bound in contemporary half calf, with binder's ticket of T. Armstrong (the Strand). Armorial bookplate of Baron Northwick.
Subject Terms:
Book auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs.
Martyn, Martha Elliston, -1829 -- Library -- Catalogs.
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate.
Private libraries -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.
Rare books -- Bibliography -- Catalogs.
Form/Genre:
Auction catalogs.
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