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Catalogue des livres de la bibliothèque de feu M. le duc de La Vallière.
One of the greatest book sales, and one of the most extraordinary catalogues, of the eighteenth century. The library of Louis-César de La Baume Le Blanc, duc de La Vallière (1708–1780),was intended to be disposed of in two sales. The catalogue for…
The library of the late John, Duke of Roxburghe … which will be sold by auction ….
The sale of the library of John Ker, Duke of Roxburghe (1740–1804) inaugurated the English golden age of book collecting. The Grolier Club copy of the auction catalogue, from the library of John Roland Abbey, is priced in a contemporary hand, and…
Catalogue d’une très-riche mais peu nombreuse collection de livres … dont le vente se fera à Binche, le 10 août 1840. [2nd issue].
In the summer of 1840 a catalogue was issued advertising the sale by auction of the small but choice library of Jean Nepomucene Auguste Pichauld, comte de Fortsas, who had died the previous year. Sent to most of the leading book collectors of Europe,…
Book auction catalogues annotated by William Morris and Sir Sydney Cockerell.
A close look at the doodlings in this unattractively-bound group of catalogues reveals the penciled sketches, marks and comments of William Morris (1834–1896), and the lots he marked made their way into his library, where they influenced his…
Catalogue of the library of Robert Hoe of New York ….
4 parts, 8 volumes.
Nicolai Primi Pont. Maximi Epistolae.
Jean Grolier employed several of the best Italian and French binders during his lifetime of book collecting. The binding on this edition of the letters of Pope Nicolaus I (ca. 800–867), one of the Grolier Club Library’s most valued possessions, is a…
[Iliad; Odyssey. ]
2 volumes.
This two-volume edition of the works of Homer by the great Venetian printer, Aldus Manutius (1450–1515), was probably acquired by Grolier while serving as treasurer-general in French-occupied Milan from 1509 to 1512. The first page of…
This two-volume edition of the works of Homer by the great Venetian printer, Aldus Manutius (1450–1515), was probably acquired by Grolier while serving as treasurer-general in French-occupied Milan from 1509 to 1512. The first page of…
A catalogue of ye library of Arthur Earle of Essex, at Cashiobury,
Arthur Capel (1631–1683), Earl of Essex, served as statesman in various capacities during the reign of Charles II and died in the Tower of London after being implicated in the Rye House plot. During his lifetime, Capel amassed a great library at his…
Bibliotheca Telleriana, sive catalogus librorum bibliothecae … Caroli Mauritii Le Tellier
The catalogue of the private library of Charles-Maurice Le Tellier (1642–1710), archbishop of Reims, was primarily intended to aid visitors to his 50,000-volume library, which was open to the public. Scholars quickly adopted the catalogue as a useful…