Catalogue of the valuable classical and theological library of the late Rev. George Frederic Tavel, formerly Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, Cambridge : to which is added the very choice and select library of the late Mr. Harris, editor of the Edition of Shakespeare of 21 vol. 1813, and Principal Librarian in the Royal Institution ... : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Sotheby and Son, Wellington, Street, Strand, on Friday, December the 11th, and four following days (Sunday excepted), at twelve o'clock.

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Sotheby and Son, Catalogue of the valuable classical and theological library of the late Rev. George Frederic Tavel, formerly Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, Cambridge , [1829]

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Creator:: Sotheby and Son
Title(s):: Catalogue of the valuable classical and theological library of the late Rev. George Frederic Tavel, formerly Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, Cambridge : to which is added the very choice and select library of the late Mr. Harris, editor of the Edition of Shakespeare of 21 vol. 1813, and Principal Librarian in the Royal Institution ... : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Sotheby and Son, Wellington, Street, Strand, on Friday, December the 11th, and four following days (Sunday excepted), at twelve o'clock.
Published/Created:: [London] : [Sotheby and Son], [1829]
Physical Description:: 40 pages ; 23 cm
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
N8640 .N6+ v. 14 no. 10 Oversize
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/14119290
Classification:: Books
Notes:: British Museum. List of catalogues of English books sales, 1676-1900, page 178
Date of sale: December 11-15, 1829.
Place of sale: London.
BAC: British Art Center copy is annotated in ink with sale prices for some lots. Number 11 of 14 auction catalogs bound together. The volume bound in contemporary half calf, with binder's ticket of T. Armstrong (the Strand). Armorial bookplate of Baron Northwick. British Art Center copy has title page bound in after text. Pages 1-16 missing.
Subject Terms:: Book auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs.
Harris, William, -1828 -- Library -- Catalogs.
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770-1859 -- Bookplate.
Private libraries -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.
Rare books -- Bibliography -- Catalogs.
Tavel, George Frederic, 1773-1819 -- Library -- Catalogs.
Form/Genre:: Auction catalogs.
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