TOWNELEY, JOHN. Bibliotheca Towneleiana. A Catalogue of the Curious and Extensive Library of the late...Part I.[-II]...The Books will be Sold by Auction, by R. H. Evans...on Wenesday June 8th...1814.[-15]. [London], 1814-15. 2 parts in one volume, 8vo, nineteenth century half calf and drab boards, front joint cracked; title a little soiled. INTERLEAVED COPY, PRICED WITH BUYERS' NAMES in a contemporary hand with sale totals. De Ricci, pp. 88-89.

细节

TOWNELEY, JOHN. Bibliotheca Towneleiana. A Catalogue of the Curious and Extensive Library of the late...Part I.[-II]...The Books will be Sold by Auction, by R. H. Evans...on Wenesday June 8th...1814.[-15]. [London], 1814-15. 2 parts in one volume, 8vo, nineteenth century half calf and drab boards, front joint cracked; title a little soiled. INTERLEAVED COPY, PRICED WITH BUYERS' NAMES in a contemporary hand with sale totals. De Ricci, pp. 88-89.

拍品专文

The first two parts (of three) of the fine library of John Towneley (1731-1813). Included in the 905 lots of the first part is the "Towneley Homer," a valuable Greek MS. Among some of the buyers' names listed are: Lord Byron (buyer of lot 280, Burton's History of Ireland, 1693), S. Jebb Thwaites, Dibdin, Heber, and many other notable collectors.