Catalogue of the valuable library of an eminent collector [i.e. J. Wilks], giving up his present residence ... Which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. S. Leigh Sotheby & Co. ... on ... March 12th, 1847, and ten following days / [John Wilks].

Wilks, John, 1765?-1854

Date:: [1847]

Credit: Catalogue of the valuable library of an eminent collector [i.e. J. Wilks], giving up his present residence ... Which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. S. Leigh Sotheby & Co. ... on ... March 12th, 1847, and ten following days / [John Wilks]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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