BUTLER, Samuel (1774-1839) – Bibliotheca Butleriana. A Catalogue of the Library of the late Right Rev. Butler, D.D., Lord Bishop of Lichfield. Part the First and Second: Aldine Collection . London: Christie's, 23 March and 1 June 1840. Reprinted, London: W. Nicol for Payne & Foss, 1841. [ Bound with: ] – Bibliotheca Butleriana... Part the Third. Early Printed Books purchased by Messrs. Payne and Foss. Manuscripts and Autographs purchased by the Nation for the British Museum . London: W. Nicol for Payne & Foss, 1841. 3 parts in one volume, 8° (236 x 146 mm). Original Roxburghe binding of quarter red morocco and boards (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance : Lord Bishop of Lichfield (ink presentation inscription to:) – Lord Berwick (presentation inscription dated 1924 to:) – Shrewsbury School Library (cancelled stamp on title and front pastedown).
BUTLER, Samuel (1774-1839) – Bibliotheca Butleriana. A Catalogue of the Library of the late Right Rev. Butler, D.D., Lord Bishop of Lichfield. Part the First and Second: Aldine Collection . London: Christie's, 23 March and 1 June 1840. Reprinted, London: W. Nicol for Payne & Foss, 1841. [ Bound with: ] – Bibliotheca Butleriana... Part the Third. Early Printed Books purchased by Messrs. Payne and Foss. Manuscripts and Autographs purchased by the Nation for the British Museum . London: W. Nicol for Payne & Foss, 1841. 3 parts in one volume, 8° (236 x 146 mm). Original Roxburghe binding of quarter red morocco and boards (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance : Lord Bishop of Lichfield (ink presentation inscription to:) – Lord Berwick (presentation inscription dated 1924 to:) – Shrewsbury School Library (cancelled stamp on title and front pastedown). LIMITED EDITION , one of 40 copies for ‘presents’ printed on ‘fine paper’ for a small group of Payne and Foss clients, of the Christie and Manson auction catalogue and of the third part including the early printed books purchased by Payne and Foss and the Manuscripts and Autographs, purchased by the nation for the British Museum. Samuel Butler formed ‘a collection of some 300 fine manuscripts and succeeded in building up a nearly perfect set of Aldines, largely based on the famous Renouard collection... His remarkable library was dispersed after his death’ (De Ricci). De Ricci, pp. 114-115.
BUTLER, Samuel (1774-1839) – Bibliotheca Butleriana. A Catalogue of the Library of the late Right Rev. Butler, D.D., Lord Bishop of Lichfield. Part the First and Second: Aldine Collection . London: Christie's, 23 March and 1 June 1840. Reprinted, London: W. Nicol for Payne & Foss, 1841. [ Bound with: ] – Bibliotheca Butleriana... Part the Third. Early Printed Books purchased by Messrs. Payne and Foss. Manuscripts and Autographs purchased by the Nation for the British Museum . London: W. Nicol for Payne & Foss, 1841. 3 parts in one volume, 8° (236 x 146 mm). Original Roxburghe binding of quarter red morocco and boards (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance : Lord Bishop of Lichfield (ink presentation inscription to:) – Lord Berwick (presentation inscription dated 1924 to:) – Shrewsbury School Library (cancelled stamp on title and front pastedown).
BUTLER, Samuel (1774-1839) – Bibliotheca Butleriana. A Catalogue of the Library of the late Right Rev. Butler, D.D., Lord Bishop of Lichfield. Part the First and Second: Aldine Collection . London: Christie's, 23 March and 1 June 1840. Reprinted, London: W. Nicol for Payne & Foss, 1841. [ Bound with: ] – Bibliotheca Butleriana... Part the Third. Early Printed Books purchased by Messrs. Payne and Foss. Manuscripts and Autographs purchased by the Nation for the British Museum . London: W. Nicol for Payne & Foss, 1841. 3 parts in one volume, 8° (236 x 146 mm). Original Roxburghe binding of quarter red morocco and boards (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance : Lord Bishop of Lichfield (ink presentation inscription to:) – Lord Berwick (presentation inscription dated 1924 to:) – Shrewsbury School Library (cancelled stamp on title and front pastedown). LIMITED EDITION , one of 40 copies for ‘presents’ printed on ‘fine paper’ for a small group of Payne and Foss clients, of the Christie and Manson auction catalogue and of the third part including the early printed books purchased by Payne and Foss and the Manuscripts and Autographs, purchased by the nation for the British Museum. Samuel Butler formed ‘a collection of some 300 fine manuscripts and succeeded in building up a nearly perfect set of Aldines, largely based on the famous Renouard collection... His remarkable library was dispersed after his death’ (De Ricci). De Ricci, pp. 114-115.
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