Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
March 1928
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/730
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    54 ~? Cr og 60 62 Barclay (Robert) An Apology for the True Christian Religion, PUSS 4to. Birmingham: J. Baskerville, 1765 Barham( Rey. R. H.) The Ingoldsby Legends, 3 vol. plates by G. Cruikshank, Leech, and others, half red morocco gilt, g. t. 8vo. 1894 Barrie (Sir J. M.) Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, FIRST EDI- TION, coloured plates by Arthur Rackham, original cloth gilt sm. 4to. 1906 Barrow (J.) Life and Correspondence of Admiral Sir W. Smith, 2 vol. portraits, 1848—Pettigrew (T. J.) Memoirs of Lord Nelson, 2 vol. portraits, 1849—Keppel (Rev. T.) Life of Admiral Keppel, 2 vol. portraits, 1842; and others, all wn calf gilt, uniform 8vo. (14) BARTOLI (PIETRE SANTE) RECUEIL DE PEINTURES, one of 30 copies, 33 coloured and tinted plates [text par Mariette], 1757—La Mosaique de Palestrine, a folding coloured plate and a plain plate {text par Abbe Barthelemy], 1760, 2 in 1, contemporary red morocco gilt, g.e.; from the Vernon hbrary foo. 1757-60 Bartscou (A.) ‘Le Peintre Graveur, 21 vol. vellum gilt, with the Vernon arms on sides 8vo. Vienne, 1803-21 Basan (I*.) Dictionnaire des Graveurs, 2 vol. second edition, plates, calf, Paris, 1789—Jansen. Essai sur Origine de la Gravure, 2 vol. 19 plates, some folding, half calf, Paris, 1808—Huber et Rost. Manuel des Curieux des Amateurs de l’Art, 9 vol. calf, Zurich, 1797-1808; and others 8vo. (16) Baskerville Press Specimens. A Specimen by John Baskerville of Birmingham, Letter-Founder and Printer, a folio sheet, folded and hinged, showing Double Pica Roman Type to Brevier Roman—-A Quarto Specimen Sheet, showing four types— Proposals for Printing Ariosto, 2 leaves, 8vo, dated Birming- ham, 1770 | (3) BastTaRD (CoMTE AUGUSTE DE) PEINTURES ET ORNEMENTS DES Manuscrits, depuis le VIII Siecle jusqu’a la fin du XVI Siécle, Livr. I-XX; in 2 vol. half morocco, and one portfolv, 160 facsimiles of paintings and ornaments, illuminated in gold, silver and colours; from the Vernon library, EXTREMELY RARE , folio. Paris [1834-46 | ** Probably the most expensive work ever produced. The cost of production, so far as it went, is estimated at £80,000, the charge to subscribers being £1,226. Two copies only are recorded in B.P.C., viz. the W. H. Crawford copy, sold in March, 1891, and the Beaufoy copy, sold in June, 1909.
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