Catalogue of the splendid and valuable library of an eminent collector [i.e. W. Prest] ... which will be sold by Mr. Evans ... on ... May 14, and two following days / [William Prest].

  • Prest, William.
Date:
1827
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    CATALOGUE of THE SPLENDID AND VALUABLE LIBRARY OF AN EMINENT COLLECTOR; INCLUDING A Matchless Series of the Engravings of A. and J. Collaert, after the finest productions of the Flemish School, collected by the celebrated Bartsch, for the Count de Fries of Vienna, 4 vol. Atlas Folio, in russia^ The Works of Van Pandaren, and Van Swanenburg, an extraordinarily Jin e set from Count Fries’s Collection. The Works of Saenredam, an extraordinarily Jine set, ivitli very singular variations. European Scenery, by Batty, Eight, Cockburn, Dodwell, &c. 6 vol. THE LARGEST PAPER, PROOF IMPRESSIONS ON InDIA PAPER. Bulfon, Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux et des Aniniaux, 23 vol. large paper, PLATES ESauisiTELY COLOURED, a Splendid copy, in red morocco. iEvelyn’s Memoirs, 2 vol. in 5, splendidly illustrated with Por- t'RAITS and Views. Holy Bible, Reeves’s edition, 9 vol. large PAPER, illustrated WITH A SERIES OF ORIGINAL DrAW1NGS« Wal- pole’s Royal and Noble Authors, by Park, 5 vol. large paper, proof impressions of the portraits before the letters, red morotco. Ireland’s Picturesque Views on the Thames, Medway, Wye, in Warwickshire Avon, Illustrations of Hogarth, &c. 10 vol. large paper, numerous plates, splendidly hound in green morocco. Hibdin’s Decameron, 3 vol. ILLUSTRATED WITH ORIGINAL DRAWINGS, beautiful copy, in red mo-^ rocco. Holy Bible, with Notes by Di^yly and Mant, 4 vol. large PAPER, ILLUSTRATED W^ITH PLATES. Dibdin’s Tour, 3 VOl. LARGE PAPER, proof plates, Dihdin’s Bibliotheca Spenceriana, 4 vol. green morocco. Dibdin on the Classics, 2 vol. large paper, 1827. M^- moires de Sully, 3 vol. best edition, large paper, portraits, morocco, very scarce, 1745. A Fine Series of French Books in the finest con¬ dition, in morocco, by Derome, &c. WHICH WILL BE BY MR. EVANS, AT HIS HOUSE, No. 93, PALL MALL, On Monday, May 14, and two following Days. 1827 V