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.







Sale Catalogues


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The Bookseller


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Official organ of the book trade of the United Kingdom.




Athenaeum


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Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland, Volume 2


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The first thorough study of the book trade during the age of Fergusson and Burns.




British Books


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The Athenaeum


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