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Catalogue of the valuable library largely of French literature in handsome bindings, formed by the late Edward Arnold, Esq., of The Grove, Dorking, and now sold by order of Andrew W. Arnold, Esq. : the collection includes Alamanni, Girone il cortese, 1549; Berquin, Idylles, 1775; Gessner, Contes Moraux, 1773; La Fontaine, Fables, 1755-7, and Contes, 1762; Longus, Daphnis and Chloe, 1745; Ovid, Metamorphose, 1556; Piis, Chansons nouvelles, 1785; and many others, in old French morocco; Vade, Oeuvres poissardes, 1796, large paper, boards, uncut; a fine copy of The Neuwied monument du costume, 1789; Heideloff, Gallery of fashion, 1794-6; Recueil general de coiffures, 1778; and other works illustrating costumes and fashions; emblem books and others with early engravings and woodcuts; books of hours in illuminated manuscript and printed upon vellum; a series of rare and interesting lace books; bibliography; playing cards; almanachs; rare early French tracts; a few English books, including a good Tristram Shandy, 1760-67; two fine sets of Goya's Caprichos; etc. : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. ... on Monday, the 6th of May, 1929, and two following days.
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Catalogue of the valuable library largely of French literature in handsome bindings, formed by the late Edward Arnold, Esq., of The Grove, Dorking, and now sold by order of Andrew W. Arnold, Esq. : the collection includes Alamanni, Girone il cortese, 1549; Berquin, Idylles, 1775; Gessner, Contes Moraux, 1773; La Fontaine, Fables, 1755-7, and Contes, 1762; Longus, Daphnis and Chloe, 1745; Ovid, Metamorphose, 1556; Piis, Chansons nouvelles, 1785; and many others, in old French morocco; Vade, Oeuvres poissardes, 1796, large paper, boards, uncut; a fine copy of The Neuwied monument du costume, 1789; Heideloff, Gallery of fashion, 1794-6; Recueil general de coiffures, 1778; and other works illustrating costumes and fashions; emblem books and others with early engravings and woodcuts; books of hours in illuminated manuscript and printed upon vellum; a series of rare and interesting lace books; bibliography; playing cards; almanachs; rare early French tracts; a few English books, including a good Tristram Shandy, 1760-67; two fine sets of Goya's Caprichos; etc. : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. ... on Monday, the 6th of May, 1929, and two following days.
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Catalogue of valuable printed books and literary manuscripts, autograph letters & historical documents, Oriental manuscripts & miniatures : comprising rare New England tracts; voyages and travels of the XVI and XVII centuries; early works relating to Mary Queen of Scots; and some scarce books in English literature, the property of a nobleman ; early printed books and manuscripts, including the property of the Rev. Stephen W. Csutoros, of Welland, Ontario; The Atlantic Neptune, and other maps and charts of American interest, the property of Mrs. Aubrey Le Blond; Swift, Gulliver's travels, vol I, 1726, on large paper, the property of the Lady Gerard; fine bindings; plays; ballads and tracts; books with coloured plates, including a very good copy of Apperley's Life of a sportsman, 1842; presentation copies of books by C.L. Dodgson and T.L. Peacock; a remarkable collection of autograph manuscripts and unrecorded trial editions of works by Lord Tennyson, including the complete manuscript of "The last tournament," with a very fine series of his autograph letters, the property of his intimate friend the late Sir James Knowles, K.C.V.O., founder and editor of the "Nineteenth Century"; and other properties. Which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. ... on Monday, 30th of April, 1928, and three following days
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Catalogue of valuable printed books and literary manuscripts, autograph letters & historical documents, Oriental manuscripts & miniatures : comprising rare New England tracts; voyages and travels of the XVI and XVII centuries; early works relating to Mary Queen of Scots; and some scarce books in English literature, the property of a nobleman ; early printed books and manuscripts, including the property of the Rev. Stephen W. Csutoros, of Welland, Ontario; The Atlantic Neptune, and other maps and charts of American interest, the property of Mrs. Aubrey Le Blond; Swift, Gulliver's travels, vol I, 1726, on large paper, the property of the Lady Gerard; fine bindings; plays; ballads and tracts; books with coloured plates, including a very good copy of Apperley's Life of a sportsman, 1842; presentation copies of books by C.L. Dodgson and T.L. Peacock; a remarkable collection of autograph manuscripts and unrecorded trial editions of works by Lord Tennyson, including the complete manuscript of "The last tournament," with a very fine series of his autograph letters, the property of his intimate friend the late Sir James Knowles, K.C.V.O., founder and editor of the "Nineteenth Century"; and other properties. Which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. ... on Monday, 30th of April, 1928, and three following days
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Catalogue of valuable printed books, illuminated and other manuscripts, autograph letters, etc. : comprising works on bibliography, the classics, liturgiology, medievalism, gastronomy and Iberia, publications of the Roxburghe Club, works of "Baron Corvo", etc., the property of the late Sir Stephen Gaselee, K.C.M.G.; books from modern private presses, English literature, etc., the property of the late Sir Michael Sadler, K.C.S.L., C.B., etc.; H. Seebohm, British birds, 1883-5, with 307 drawings by W. Foster, the property of Mrs. M. Foster; Islamic drawings and manuscripts including mayor C.G. Oxley-Brennan; books on Scotland the property of the Rev. John Stirton, C.V.O., D.D.; atlases and works on travel including the property of R. Holmden, Esq.; early drama, French literature, incunables, illuminated mss., books with coloured plates, early science and medicine, Japanese books, an ivory horn book, an unrecorded English indulgence, etc; letters addressed to Francis Power Cobbe, the property of H.N.G. Cobbe, Esq. Letters of C.L. Dodgson, Thomas Hardy, Florence Nightingale, T.H. Huxley, Charles Dickens, and W. Harrison Ainsworth; a document signed by Nell Gwyn; J. Marston, Antonio and Mellida, both parts, 1602, etc. : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. ... on Monday, the 27th of March, 1944, and two following days.
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Catalogue of the valuable and interesting library of books and periodicals on the game of chess, the property of the late M. Numa Préti (of Paris), which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge ... on Monday, the 1st of February, 1909.
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