Bibliotheca Towneleiana : a catalogue of the curious and extensive library of the late John Towneley, Esq. ... The books will be sold by auction, by R.H. Evans.

  • Towneley, John, 1731-1813
Date:
1814-1815
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Credit: Bibliotheca Towneleiana : a catalogue of the curious and extensive library of the late John Towneley, Esq. ... The books will be sold by auction, by R.H. Evans. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A CATALOG It E OF THE CURIOUS AND EXTENSIVE LIBRARY OF THE LATE JOHN TOWNELEY, ESQ. PART I. CONTAINING VERY FINE AND RARE SPECIMENS FROM THE PRESSES OF CAXTON, PYNSON, WYNKYN DE WORDE, &c. Hone Beatse Virginis, printed byJuL. Notary on vellum.— Foxius (EpiscopusWintoniensis) de Potestate Regia et Ecclesi- astica, printed by Behthelet upon vellum.—Curious and important Manuscripts, including his celebrated and venerable Manuscript of Homer, upon Vellum, so particularly distinguished by Heyne.—A Manuscript Collection of English Mysteries, more curious and ancient than the celebrated Chester and Coventry Mysteries.—Life of St. Edmund, Kino of the East Angles, a most curious and valuable Manuscript upon Vellum, executed about the year 1100, and illustrated with a series of singularly curious Paint¬ ings, emblematic of Edmund’s History, Legend, and Miracles. —Various Missals.—Rastell’s Pasty me of People.—Hector Boece’s Croniklis of Scotland.—Ricraft’s England’s Champions. —Virgilius, Elzev. 1676, large paper. Hearne’s Publications, many of which are on large paper. Ceremonies et Coutumes Religieuses, 11 vol. large paper.— Museum Worsleyanum, 2 vol.—Memoires deGrammont, with the Portraits beautifully coloured to re¬ semble Drawings.—And an extraordinary assemblage of Miscellaneous Books of the First Rarity. the books will be SOLD BY AUCTION, BY R. H. EVANS, AT HIS HOUSE, No. 26, PALL-MALL, On WEDNESDAY June 8th, and Six following Days (Sunday excepted), at Twelve o’Clock. Catalogues may be had at the Place of Sale, where the Books may be viewed Four Days prior to the Auction. 1814.
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