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[REWICZKY, KAROLI IMRE SANDOR, Count.] Bibliotheca Graeca et Latina. [2] (of [4]), 16, 100, 160, 60, 64, 24, 16 pages; lacks half-title. 8vo,

[REWICZKY, KAROLI IMRE SANDOR, Count.] Bibliotheca Graeca et Latina. [2] (of [4]), 16, 100, 160, 60, 64, 24, 16 pages; lacks half-title. 8vo, contemporary crimson morocco gilt, top of spine chipped; dampstaining in upper margins toward end. Berlin, 1784

  • Notes: first edition, printed in only a small number, of the catalogue of the important collection that was to form the nucleus of the library of George John, second Earl Spencer (1758-1834); inscribed by rewiczky to the bookseller James Payne. With the 16-page preliminary Lettre a M. l'A. D***, and 16 pages at end comprising Avertissement, Supplement, and Corrigenda et mutanda. Taylor, Book Catalogues, pages 257-58; De Ricci, page 73 ("privately printed and very scarce") calls for 2 undated supplements printed circa 1786 and 1788.

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