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ROXBURGHE, JOHN KER, Duke of. A Catalogue of the Library of the Late John Duke of Roxburghe... which will be sold by Auction.
xxiv, [2], 18, 284, 20, [2], 73 pages, including supplement and price list; lacks preliminaries to supplement. 8vo, later 19th-century 1/2 red morocco gilt, front cover detached; some toning and heavy foxing. London, 1812
- Notes: 10,121 lots. The supplement is priced in ink. "A new era in British book-collecting may be said to start with the Roxburghe sale... John, third Duke of Roxburghe (1740-1804)... built a handsome and extensive library... mainly devoted to incunabula, French chivalry-romances, early English and Italian literature, Shakespeare and the drama"--De Ricci, page 71.
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