A catalogue of a very elegant and curious cabinet of books, lately imported from France; the property of a gentleman [Count McCarthy] ... Which will be sold by auction, by Leigh and Sotheby ... on ... May 18, 1789, and the eleven following days / [McCarthy].

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A catalogue of a very elegant and curious cabinet of books, lately imported from France; the property of a gentleman [Count McCarthy] ... Which will be sold by auction, by Leigh and Sotheby ... on ... May 18, 1789, and the eleven following days / [McCarthy].