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BIBLIO AUCTION CATALOGUE. Corfield, William Henry. Collection of Books in Valuable Bindings. 1904
(AUCTION CATALOGUE.) Corfield, William Henry. Collection of Books in Valuable Bindings . . . comprising Early Stamped, Embroidered, Inlaid, and Other Bindings, by Binders of Various Countries and Periods. 58 plates, all but 2 in color, some double-page. 4to, contemporary flexible red morocco gilt, spine faded and scuffed; surface imperfections from adhesion on folding plates illustrating lots 38, 94, and 389, folding plate illustrating lot 207 adhered shut. Contemporary newspaper cutting about the sale mounted on blank facing title. London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1904
- Notes: Earliest(?) book auction devoted entirely to historic fine bindings; 466 lots. Corfield (1848-1903) was a professor of public health specializing in sanitation and sewage treatment.
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