Catalogue of Dawson Turner´s manuscript library
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THE HUDSON GURNEY COPY. TURNER, DAWSON. Catalogue of the Manuscipt Library of the late Dawson Turner... + Catalogue of the remaining Portion of the Library of Dawson Turner... London (Puttick and Sompson) 1859.
8:o. (5), vi-xix, (1 blank), (1)-308, (4), (1)-198 pp.
Contemporary black morocco, somewhat worn, gilt frame, gilt bookplate of Hudson Gurney on upper cover and spine, gilt spine in six compartments, all edges gilt. Minor foxing.
Hudson Gurney (1775-1864), an English antiquary and verse-writer, also known as a politician. A renowned antiquarian and bibliophile, who claimed to have read all 15,000 volumes in his library, he was a fellow of the Royal Society and the Society of Antiquaries from 1818 and a vice-president of the latter, 1824-46.
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Somewhat worn binding.
Auktionsnummer:
327546
Datum:
2015-09-20