BLANDFORD, George Spencer Churchill, fifth Duke of Marlborough, Marquis of (1766-1840) -- Catalogus librorum qui in Bibliotheca Blandfordiensi reperiuntur. [London, Printed for private distribution by Ballintine & Byworth, and Thomas Bentley], 1812-1814. Together 9 parts and supplement, 4 o (283 x 218 mm). (The title to the Supplement has been misbound among the general preliminaries.) Contemporary half straight-grained apple-green morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut (little wear to joints and edges). Provenance : Bibliotheca Lindesiana (bookplate); A.N.L. Munby (bookplate). Published in a small number (Taylor) this is the owner's catalogue of the library at White Knights. "George Spencer, fifth Duke of Marlborough (1766-1840), better known to book-collectors as the Marquess of Blandford, spent enormous sums of money on his library at White Knights, near Reading. In 1814 he printed privately a catalogue of his... In 1819 he was compelled by circumstances to part with his library..." (De Ricci). The colophon at the end of the ninth fascicle is signed by Ballintine & Byworth; the supplement was printed by Bentley. RARE.
BLANDFORD, George Spencer Churchill, fifth Duke of Marlborough, Marquis of (1766-1840) -- Catalogus librorum qui in Bibliotheca Blandfordiensi reperiuntur. [London, Printed for private distribution by Ballintine & Byworth, and Thomas Bentley], 1812-1814. Together 9 parts and supplement, 4 o (283 x 218 mm). (The title to the Supplement has been misbound among the general preliminaries.) Contemporary half straight-grained apple-green morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut (little wear to joints and edges). Provenance : Bibliotheca Lindesiana (bookplate); A.N.L. Munby (bookplate). Published in a small number (Taylor) this is the owner's catalogue of the library at White Knights. "George Spencer, fifth Duke of Marlborough (1766-1840), better known to book-collectors as the Marquess of Blandford, spent enormous sums of money on his library at White Knights, near Reading. In 1814 he printed privately a catalogue of his... In 1819 he was compelled by circumstances to part with his library..." (De Ricci). The colophon at the end of the ninth fascicle is signed by Ballintine & Byworth; the supplement was printed by Bentley. RARE.
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