Sold for:
$400
$400
Book Catalog. George Hibbert (1757-1837) A Catalogue of the Library of George Hibbert . London: W. Nicol, 1829. Octavo, first and only edition, with the engraved frontispiece, and four engravings, three of which are folding, untrimmed and ruled in red throughout, with prices realized added by hand, in later blue buckram with a red label. Together with: another copy, lacking the title and frontispiece, in half calf and buckram boards, very clean throughout. Hibbert owned a copy of the Gutenberg Bible; Erasmus' Adages , printed by Aldus in 1520, ex libris Jean Grolier; a Hypnerotomachia printed on vellum, and approximately 8700 other fine books.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-11-18
