CATALOGUE 81: A SELECTION OF PRECIOUS MANUSCRIPTS, HISTORIC DOCUMENTS AND RARE BOOKS, the majority from the renowned collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bt. (1792-1872).
Pp. 288, coloured frontispiece, plus one folding tinted plate and numerous tinted text illustrations (mostly full page), the title page printed in red & black, indices; demy 4to; printed stiff paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper free endpaper; William H. Robinson Ltd, London, 1950. First edition. *The enormous book and manuscript collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps was arguably the largest collection a single individual has created. After unsuccessful negotiations with the British Museum, dispersal of the collection took over 100 years. By 1946, the 'residue' was sold to booksellers Phillip and Lionel Robinson for \'a3100,000. The Robinsons sold these books through their own catalogues and several Sotheby's sales. Item #169468
Price: $75.00