Oct 17, 2011 - Sale 2256

Sale 2256 - Lot 37

Price Realized: $ 270
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Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
CASLEY, DAVID. A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the King's Library: An Appendix to the Catalogue of the Cottonian Library. 16 engraved paleographical plates, the first folding. xxiv, 360, [23] pages. 4to, contemporary panelled sheep, badly worn, covers detached, endpapers renewed; light soiling on title, scattered insignificant marginal foxing; cloth folding case. London: Printed for the Author, 1734

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first edition of an inventory of the manuscripts acquired by English kings from Henry VII onward, which were presented by George II to the British Museum. De Ricci, page 54.