May 11, 2010 - Sale 2214

Sale 2214 - Lot 14

Price Realized: $ 570
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
DENT, JOHN. Catalogue of the Splendid, Curious, and Extensive Library of the late John Dent. [2], 84, [2]; [2], 94, [2] pages, including final ad leaf in first part and final blank in second. 2 parts in one volume. 8vo, contemporary 1/2 brown straight-grain morocco, spine and cover edges quite worn; occasional spotting. wide-margined copy. London, 1827

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2976 lots. Partly priced in ink. "Dent was a voracious book collector, and at considerable cost assembled one of the finest private libraries of his day, which included a 1462 Latin Bible, the first three Shakespeare folios and many quartos, and a fine collection of Aldines and Elzeviers" (ODNB). De Ricci, page 99.