Catalogue of the incunabula in the library of Charles Spencer, third Duke of Marlborough [manuscript]

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Title

Catalogue of the incunabula in the library of Charles Spencer, third Duke of Marlborough [manuscript]

Date

ca. 1770

Description

The library of Charles Spencer, third Earl of Sunderland (1674–1722), was particularly strong in Bibles, first editions of the classics, and Continental literature of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The entries provide details regarding author, title, place of printing, printer, date, format, and whether printed on vellum. Tipped-in at the front is a one-leaf list of desiderata, headed “Wanted” and listing twenty-two incunabula, several of which are marked in pencil “got.”

Source

Purchased in 2001.