$1,320
Book Catalog. Richard Farmer (1735-1797) Bibliotheca Farmeriana. A Catalogue of the Curious, Valuable and Extensive Library, in Print and Manuscript, of Richard Farmer . London: [Thomas King,] 1798. Octavo, first and only edition, printed on blue laid paper, untrimmed, with deckle edges throughout, page 156 is correctly numbered, original blue paper wrappers bound into a modern half red morocco and buckram binding by Harcourt Bindery. Farmer's library, sold in 8,199 lots, included obscure Elizabethan literature, and copies of Shakespeare's first, second, third and fourth Folios, and twenty-three quarto plays, including copies of A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Merchant of Venice , both printed in 1600.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-11-18
