List of Catalogues of English Book Sales, 1676-1900


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Item forms a comprehensive list of the British Museum, Department of Printed Books collection of catalogues of books sales and auctions held between 1676, the first time books were sold at aution in England, until the end of the ninteenth century.




Bibliotheca Americana, 1878


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Catalogue of a Collection of Singularly Interesting, Fine and Rare Books, in which is Included the Greater Portion of the Very Important Library of the Late Edward A. Crowninshield, Esq., Consigned from Boston, U.S., the Whole in Unusually Fine Condition, the Major Part of the Books Being in Rich Bindings, by Clarke, Riviere, and F. Bedford; Also, the Collection of Autographs, Embracing a Larger Number of Letters and Other Documents of Distinguished Americans, from an Early Period, Than Has Ever Before Been Offered for Sale; with Others of European Celebrities : which Will be Sold by Auction by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson ... at Their New and Very Spacious Premises, No. 47, Leicester Square ... on Thursday, July 12th, 1860, and 8 Following Days


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