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A collection of old books (many scarce and curious, in fine condition) to be disposed of by A.W. Barlace, No. 70, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields; amongst which are ...
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A.W. BARLACE
[Catalogue]
A collection of old books (many scarce and curious, in fine condition) to be disposed of by A.W. Barlace, No. 70, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields; amongst which are ...
London (Place), [1826].
[4] p.; 22 cm. (4º)
Bifolium, conjugate leaf blank. Drop-head title. For Soane's purchases from this list see copy notes.
Copy Notes Inscribed in ink on blank p. [3] with a list of Soane's purchases: The office of the Holy Week according to the missall and Roman breviary, 1670 (q.v.); first editions of Milton's Paradise lost (q.v.) and Paradise regained (q.v.) and Burton's Anatomy of melancholy, 1621 (q.v.); Milton's Poems (q.v.); and Boccaccio's Decameron, 1545 (q.v.). Endorsed in ink on blank p. [4] 1826 / 9th November / A.W. Barlace / for 6 Books £5..5..-. Attached to the first recto is Barlace's embossed receipt dated 9 November 1826 for £5 5s. for six books. Three further books, a rare 1501 edition of Boethius (q.v.), 'MS on the Pointed Arch' and 'Irelands Shakespeare MSS' (q.v.) were purchased on 13 November for £12. (Priv. Corr. XVI.E.6.11).
Binding Folded paper.
Reference Number 6381
[Catalogue]
A collection of old books (many scarce and curious, in fine condition) to be disposed of by A.W. Barlace, No. 70, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields; amongst which are ...
London (Place), [1826].
[4] p.; 22 cm. (4º)
Bifolium, conjugate leaf blank. Drop-head title. For Soane's purchases from this list see copy notes.
Copy Notes Inscribed in ink on blank p. [3] with a list of Soane's purchases: The office of the Holy Week according to the missall and Roman breviary, 1670 (q.v.); first editions of Milton's Paradise lost (q.v.) and Paradise regained (q.v.) and Burton's Anatomy of melancholy, 1621 (q.v.); Milton's Poems (q.v.); and Boccaccio's Decameron, 1545 (q.v.). Endorsed in ink on blank p. [4] 1826 / 9th November / A.W. Barlace / for 6 Books £5..5..-. Attached to the first recto is Barlace's embossed receipt dated 9 November 1826 for £5 5s. for six books. Three further books, a rare 1501 edition of Boethius (q.v.), 'MS on the Pointed Arch' and 'Irelands Shakespeare MSS' (q.v.) were purchased on 13 November for £12. (Priv. Corr. XVI.E.6.11).
Binding Folded paper.
Reference Number 6381