Shelfmark
CS.1310.23 - CS.1310.24
Title
[Collection of booksellers' catalogues from the Kessler collection].
Publication, distribution, etc.
[S.l, 19--]
Physical description
2 boxes (ca. 27 items) ; 37 cm.
Note
Title devised by cataloguer.
Note
Some catalogues include loosely inserted materials such as letters or cards; many contain ms. annotations.
Formatted contents note
Contents: Box 1: Rare & Out-of-Print Books on Central Asia, China, Japan, Southeast Asia : Catalogue Eleven -- Catalogue 1047 from the bookshop of Francis Edwards Ltd., London -- Travel from Antiquity to Modern Times : Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books -- Clive Farahar : Catalogue 43 -- The Château of Coppet -- World Travel, Exploration and Early Voyages : Sotheran's of Sackville Street, Catalogue 1019 -- Books on China : Cathay Books 68-94 -- Voyages & Travels : Francis Edwards Ltd., Catalogue 1053 -- Catalogue 25, China & Beyond : Barbara Grigor-Taylor -- Cavendish Rare Books, Catalogue 14 -- Musée Suisse, Magazine des Musées Nationaux Suisses : 3/2005 -- Hermitage Magazine : Issue 1, Summer 2003 -- China Daily : European Weekly, August 17-23, 2012, p. 32 -- Far Eastern Economic Review : Special 1997 Issue -- Francis Edwards : Catalogue 1057, Travel & Topography -- Latest Acquisitions and New Publications : Han-Shan Tang Ltd., List 63 -- An Illustrated Catalogue of Fine, Rare and Interesting Books on the Far East : Catalogue 1007, Spring 1990 -- Voyages and Travels : Catalogue 1102 -- Travel Books : Maggs Bros. Ltd., Catalogue 1076 -- Travel Books : Maggs Bros. Ltd., Catalogue 1084.
Formatted contents note
Contents: Box 2: Sotheby's: The Library of Philip Robinson, Part II, The Chinese Collection -- Builder of Bridges : Cambridge Past -- Author Index to the Bibliotheca Sinica of Henri Cordier (2nd ed., 4 vols., Paris, 1904-1908; Supplement, 1 vol., Paris, 1924) -- Robert Swinhoe : A Victorian Naturalist in Treaty Port China (The Geographical Journal, Vol. 153, No. 1, March 1987, pp. 37-47) -- 100 Rare Books : Ursus Books Ltd., Catalogue 235 -- From the Mediterranean to the Himalayas, Part Two : Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books -- Henry Sotheran Ltd. : Piccadilly Notes 31, Winter 1993 -- Aus einer süddeutschen Fürstenbibliothek, Teil 1, Auktion 68, 20. Oktober 1999.
Provenance
Given to Eton by Nicholas Kessler in 2013.
Binding
Housed in two archival boxes; ms. inscriptions in black ink on the spine labels reading: "Kessler Collection. Booksellers' Catalogues [Various] I" and "Kessler Collection. Booksellers' Catalogues [Various] II".
Genre/Form
Booksellers' catalogs.
Genre/Form
Auction catalogs.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England.
Identifier
B54603