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2379 KATALOGE. - Roscoe. - Catalogue of the Very Select and Valuable Library of William Roscoe, Esq. Which will be Sold by Auction, by Mr. Winstanley, at his Rooms in Marble Street, Liverpool, on Monday the 19th of August, and Thirteen following Days (Sundays excepted)... 3 Tle. in 1 Bd. Liverpool, Harris, 1816. 8°. 3 Bll., 208 SS., 1 Bl.; 4 Bll., 156 SS.; 2 Bll., 170 SS., 1 w. Bl. Hkalbsldr. mit goldgepr. Rfil. u. Rsch. Schätzpreis: *R (300,- €) / (405,- $) Roscoe (1753-1831) war ein renommierter englischer Jurist und Historiker, der sich dezidiert für die Abschaffung der Sklaverei einsetzte. "The commercial troubles of 1816 brought into difficulties the banking house with which he was connected, and forced the sale of his collection of books and pictures... On the dispersal of his library, the volumes most useful to him were secured by friends and placed in the Liverpool Athenaeum" (wikipedia). - Gering gebräunt, kaum fleckig. Zuschlag: 260,- € / 351,- $ Jahr Haus Auktion Preis Einband Zustand
2379 KATALOGE. - Roscoe. - Catalogue of the Very Select and Valuable Library of William Roscoe, Esq. Which will be Sold by Auction, by Mr. Winstanley, at his Rooms in Marble Street, Liverpool, on Monday the 19th of August, and Thirteen following Days (Sundays excepted)... 3 Tle. in 1 Bd. Liverpool, Harris, 1816. 8°. 3 Bll., 208 SS., 1 Bl.; 4 Bll., 156 SS.; 2 Bll., 170 SS., 1 w. Bl. Hkalbsldr. mit goldgepr. Rfil. u. Rsch. Schätzpreis: *R (300,- €) / (405,- $) Roscoe (1753-1831) war ein renommierter englischer Jurist und Historiker, der sich dezidiert für die Abschaffung der Sklaverei einsetzte. "The commercial troubles of 1816 brought into difficulties the banking house with which he was connected, and forced the sale of his collection of books and pictures... On the dispersal of his library, the volumes most useful to him were secured by friends and placed in the Liverpool Athenaeum" (wikipedia). - Gering gebräunt, kaum fleckig. Zuschlag: 260,- € / 351,- $ Jahr Haus Auktion Preis Einband Zustand