A catalogue of the Portland museum, lately the property of the duchess dowager of Portland, deceased: which will be sold by auction, by mr. Skinner and co. on monday the 24th of april, 1786, and the thirty-seven following days, at twelve o'clock, sundays, and the 5th of june (the day of his majesty's birth-day is kept) excepted, at her late dwelling-house, in Privy-garden, Whitehall; by order of the acting executrix. To be viewed ten days preceeding the sale. + A marked catalogue containing the lots, what each respectively sold for, and the names of the purchasers of the four thousand two hundred and sixty-three lots. Which constituted the Portland museum; late the property of the duchess dowager of Portland, deceased. Which sold by auction

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Erscheinungsdatum: 1786

Beschreibung

(London), Skinner and co., (1786). 4:o. Engraved frontispiece,VIII,3-194 pp. + London, printed for Kearsley [.], 1786. 4:o. 3-44 pp. Contemporary calf with raised bands, spine lined in gilt, red title label, yellow edges. Front hinge starting to crack but holding. Slightly rubbed, traces of worming to front board. Head of spine slightly damaged. Occasional spots and traces of folding. Dampstaining to frontispiece. Title page of second work with hole in inner margin due to defective paper. Last leaf cropped in lower margin with loss of text. Engraved bookplate for the Earl of Fife and old printed library signature label on inside of front board. Number of this copy "839" written in ink on title page. This collection was brought together by Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (1715-85), at the Bulstrode Hall in Buckinghamshire. The collection was managed by Daniel Solander (1736-82), a pupil of Linnaeus, and his staff of assistants. One of them was John Lightfoot (1735-88), who was the duchess' librarian and also the compiler of this catalogue. Many visitors were impressed by the collections, among them George III, Jean Jacques Rousseau and Horace Walpole. The latter stated that "Few men have rivalled Margaret Cavendish in the mania of collecting, and perhaps no woman. In an age of great collectors she has rivalled the greatest." Joseph Banks enriched the collections with some items he had brought home from his travels with James Cook. The supplement listing prices and buyers at the auction is rare. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 49493A

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Titel: A catalogue of the Portland museum, lately ...

Erscheinungsdatum: 1786

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good