Catalogue of the important collection of manuscripts, from Stowe. Which will be sold by auction, by messrs. S. Leigh Sotheby & co., 11th June, 1849, and 7 following days1849 |
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... Library of Manuscripts should be offered on certain terms therein specified , to the Marquess of Buckingham , and he further directed that in the event of such offer being declined , the same opportunity of purchasing it should be given ...
... Library of Manuscripts should be offered on certain terms therein specified , to the Marquess of Buckingham , and he further directed that in the event of such offer being declined , the same opportunity of purchasing it should be given ...
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... . Richard Phelps , ( Lot 386 ) Under - Secretary of State in the early part of George the Third's reign , and many other very curious books and papers from the several Libraries of Sir Henry Spelman , Sir ii PREFACE .
... . Richard Phelps , ( Lot 386 ) Under - Secretary of State in the early part of George the Third's reign , and many other very curious books and papers from the several Libraries of Sir Henry Spelman , Sir ii PREFACE .
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... Library soon received a very considerable additional value by the acquisition of the Ancient Irish Manuscripts , and ... Librarian at Stowe ; and this reverend gentleman , who was so peculiarly qualified by his superior knowledge of the ...
... Library soon received a very considerable additional value by the acquisition of the Ancient Irish Manuscripts , and ... Librarian at Stowe ; and this reverend gentleman , who was so peculiarly qualified by his superior knowledge of the ...
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... Library of Trinity College , Dublin ; besides many ancient Irish Manuscripts on vellum , of very extraordinary historical interest and importance . The next considerable addition to the Manuscript Library at Stowe , was a purchase made ...
... Library of Trinity College , Dublin ; besides many ancient Irish Manuscripts on vellum , of very extraordinary historical interest and importance . The next considerable addition to the Manuscript Library at Stowe , was a purchase made ...
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... Library . An original Ecclesiastical History of Ireland , by John Wading , ( Lot 496 ) hitherto unpublished . Twelve folio volumes containing the State Papers and Cor- respondence of Sir Thomas Edmondes , ( Lot 707 ) Ambas- sador at the ...
... Library . An original Ecclesiastical History of Ireland , by John Wading , ( Lot 496 ) hitherto unpublished . Twelve folio volumes containing the State Papers and Cor- respondence of Sir Thomas Edmondes , ( Lot 707 ) Ambas- sador at the ...
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