Shelfmark
Ib3.4.19
Additional shelfmark
Ibb8.5.29
Title
Catalogue of the choice and valuable library of the late Reverend Dr. Goodall, provost of Eton. : in the best editions of the classics, this library will be found to be particularly rich, as also in numismatic research. It comprises, likewise, a fine assemblage of works on conchology and natural history in general,including very many of the superb publications of the last and present centuries, of which those in the course of publication are continued to the present time. Which will be sold by auction, by order of the executors, by Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby, at the Lodge, Eton, the residence of the late much lamented provost. On Monday, June 8th, 1840, and seven following days, Sunday excepted.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[London : S. Leigh Sotheby, Wellington St., Strand., 1840].
Physical description
[2], 82 p. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Provenance
[Ib3.4.19] Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
Provenance
[Ib3.4.19] Eton College Library ink stamp on publisher's cover verso.
Binding
[Ib3.4.19] 19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Binding
[Ibb8.5.29] Text block sewn, no boards.
Copy-specific note
[Ib3.4.19] Extensive ms. marginal annotations.
Copy-specific note
[Ib3.4.19] Includes publisher's wrappers.
Copy-specific note
[Ibb8.5.29] Stored in a box with other pamphlets.
Copy-specific note
[Ibb8.5.29] Ms. notes throughout the catalogue and total price at end.
Subject
Subject
Booksellers and bookselling.
Subject
Private libraries Auction catalogs.
Added entry--name
Sotheby, Samuel Leigh, 1805 - 1861 publisher.
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B35337