Lot 247

DRURY, Rev. Henry Joseph Thomas (1778-1841). A Catalogue of the Extensive and Valuable Library of ... An extraordinary Collection of Classical and Theological MSS. Best Editions of the Classics. Productions of the Aldine Press... London: Evans, 19 February 1827. 8° (230 x 136mm). (Occasional spotting.) 20th-century half calf (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: PRICED and ruled in red in a contemporary hand – Wilfred Merton (ink ownership inscription dated 7 Oct. 1914) – HIBBERT, George (1757-1837). A Catalogue of the Library of ... London, R.H. Evans, 16 March 1829. 8° (225 x 136 mm). Engraved frontispiece and 4 engraved facsimiles, 3 of which folding. (Last folding plate and associated text-leaf loose, occasional light spotting.) Original printed boards, uncut (rebacked). Provenance: partially priced in a contemporary hand – some missing prices completed in pencil in a neat modern hand. The library was rich in books printed on vellum, blockbooks and incunabula, with Hibbert also owning a number of fine manuscripts. De Ricci p. 100 – KLOSS, Dr. Georg Franz Burkhard (1787-1854). Catalogue of the Library of Dr. Kloss, of Franckfort... including Many Original and Unpublished Manuscripts and Printed Books with MS. Annotations by Philip Melancthon. London: Sotheby's, 7 May 1835. 8° (220 x 136 mm). 8 lithographed facsimile plates, 4 of which folding. (Occasional spotting.) Later half calf, gilt spine (extremities faintly rubbed). Original green cloth-backed boards, printed paper lettering piece (some wear). Provenance: PRICED in a contemporary hand. The 4,682 lots of the celebrated collection of Dr. Kloss, physician from Frankfurt, constitute an extraordinary group of incunabula and post-incunabula obtained shortly after the dissolution of the German monasteries. Blogie V, col. 18.

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DRURY, Rev. Henry Joseph Thomas (1778-1841). A Catalogue of the Extensive and Valuable Library of ... An extraordinary Collection of Classical and Theological MSS. Best Editions of the Classics. Productions of the Aldine Press... London: Evans, 19 February 1827. 8° (230 x 136mm). (Occasional spotting.) 20th-century half calf (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: PRICED and ruled in red in a contemporary hand – Wilfred Merton (ink ownership inscription dated 7 Oct. 1914) – HIBBERT, George (1757-1837). A Catalogue of the Library of ... London, R.H. Evans, 16 March 1829. 8° (225 x 136 mm). Engraved frontispiece and 4 engraved facsimiles, 3 of which folding. (Last folding plate and associated text-leaf loose, occasional light spotting.) Original printed boards, uncut (rebacked). Provenance: partially priced in a contemporary hand – some missing prices completed in pencil in a neat modern hand. The library was rich in books printed on vellum, blockbooks and incunabula, with Hibbert also owning a number of fine manuscripts. De Ricci p. 100 – KLOSS, Dr. Georg Franz Burkhard (1787-1854). Catalogue of the Library of Dr. Kloss, of Franckfort... including Many Original and Unpublished Manuscripts and Printed Books with MS. Annotations by Philip Melancthon. London: Sotheby's, 7 May 1835. 8° (220 x 136 mm). 8 lithographed facsimile plates, 4 of which folding. (Occasional spotting.) Later half calf, gilt spine (extremities faintly rubbed). Original green cloth-backed boards, printed paper lettering piece (some wear). Provenance: PRICED in a contemporary hand. The 4,682 lots of the celebrated collection of Dr. Kloss, physician from Frankfurt, constitute an extraordinary group of incunabula and post-incunabula obtained shortly after the dissolution of the German monasteries. Blogie V, col. 18.