The Stowe Catalogue Priced and Annotated.
Rare and modern books
Buckinghamshire. Forster (Henry Rumsey)
London: David Bogue, 1849.,
The Stowe Catalogue Priced and Annotated.
Rare and modern books
Buckinghamshire. Forster (Henry Rumsey)
London: David Bogue, 1849.,
368.76 €
(Grantham,
United Kingdom)
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Details
- Author
- Buckinghamshire. Forster (Henry Rumsey)
- Publishers
- London: David Bogue, 1849.
- Keyword
- COUNTRY HOUSE AUCTION CATALOGUE STOWE HOUSE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
Description
First edition, 4to (260 x 210 mm), xliii, [1], 310, 22 [adverts]pp., includes a 6 page list of subscribers, mezzotint frontispiece of Rembrandtís ëUnmerciful Servantí (foxed), title in red & black, 17 wood-engraved plates, new endpapers, orig. green embossed cloth with a rather amateurish green cloth reback. The post-sale annotated catalogue which was published to commemorate the great event, it includes an historical introduction, notes on the important lots, and prices and names of buyers. Provenance: From the library of Josceline Grove, with bookplate and their typed catalogue description pasted to front endpapers. Holmes, p.239.
