May 11, 2010 - Sale 2214

Sale 2214 - Lot 9

Price Realized: $ 510
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
BINDLEY, JAMES. A Catalogue of the Curious and Extensive Library . . . of the late James Bindley, Esq. F.S.A. Parts 1-4 (of 5). Engraved frontispiece portrait (offsetting onto title). [2], 71, [1]; [2], 97, [1]; [2], 90, [2]; [2], 62 pages * DRURY, HENRY. A Catalogue of the Extensive and Valuable Library of the Rev. Henry Drury, M.A. [4], vii, [1], 262 pages. Together, 5 parts in one volume. 8vo, contemporary 1/2 green morocco, spine slightly faded and scuffed; occasional foxing or browning and minor stains, mostly in the Bindley catalogues. London, 1818-20; 1827

Additional Details

9550 and 4738 lots, respectively. Prices and buyers entered in ink throughout. Bindley's library was notable for early English books, Drury's for classics and medieval manuscripts. De Ricci, pages 94 and 98.