CURRER, FRANCES MARY RICHARDSON. A Catalogue of the Library collected by Miss Richardson Currer, at Eshton Hall, Craven, Yorkshire. By C.J. Stewart, bookseller. London: Printed for private circulation only [by J. Moyes], 1833. 8vo, contemporary half calf, t.e.g., early rebacking with remnants of original dried backstrip laid down, corners repaired. FIRST EDITION, limited to 100 copies, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Miss Currer to J.A. Repton (the architect son of Humphry Repton, the landscape gardener) on front flyleaf. Most of the books from the library of Miss Currer, the first female bibliophile, were sold in 1862.

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CURRER, FRANCES MARY RICHARDSON. A Catalogue of the Library collected by Miss Richardson Currer, at Eshton Hall, Craven, Yorkshire. By C.J. Stewart, bookseller. London: Printed for private circulation only [by J. Moyes], 1833. 8vo, contemporary half calf, t.e.g., early rebacking with remnants of original dried backstrip laid down, corners repaired. FIRST EDITION, limited to 100 copies, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Miss Currer to J.A. Repton (the architect son of Humphry Repton, the landscape gardener) on front flyleaf. Most of the books from the library of Miss Currer, the first female bibliophile, were sold in 1862.

[Laid-in:] An autograph letter signed from Miss Currer to Repton, presenting this catalogue. Ashton Hall, 10 March 1835. 1¼ pages, 4to, integral leaf addressed in Currer's hand (with seal). "I beg your acceptance of a copy of the Catalogue of the Library here..."

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John Adey Repton, bookplate.