Catalogue of a Further portion of the valuable library from Dumfries House, Ayrshire largely formed by John, third earl of Bute (1719-92; prime minister, 1760-63), the property of the Most Hon. The Marquess of Bute. The second portion: Americana, early printed books, travel, Early Italian literature, bibliography, books on the arts and architecture. [ Sotheby & Co., auction catalogue, sale date:16-18 October, 1961 ].

Sotheby & Co.

Verlag: Sotheby & Co., London, illustrated auction catalogue for the sale held on 16th to 18th October, 1961, 1961

Green printed wrappers, small 4to, 25 cm, 216 pp, 10 plates, facs. Lots 568-1488. Among the highlights noted were the following: Ash's Carolina, 1682, Orders and Constitutions of the Bermudas, 1622, a Brief Account of East Jersey, 1682; T.C.'s Short Discourse of the New-Found-Land, 1623; Seven of Las Casas' Spanish Tracts, 1552; Cogolludo's Historia de Yucatan, 1688; Hartlib on the Feeding of Silk-Worms in Virginia, [1652]; Hartshorne's Further Account of New Jersey, 1676; Hughes on the Sommer Hands, 1621; Talbot's Translation of John Lederer's Discoveries, 1672; Collections of Massachusetts Acts, 1742-56; Nicholas More's Letter on the Province of Pennsylvania, 1687; Nairne's Letter from South Carolina, 1710, An Abstract of Testimony's from New-Jersey, 1681; John Smith's Description of New England, 1616, with the Map in the First State, a True and Sincere Declaration of the Purpose and Ends of .the Plantation Begun in Virginia, 1610; Whitbourne's Discourse and Discovery of New-Found-Land, 1623; and the Phillipps Ms; Charter of the Grant of Nova Scotia to Sir William Alexander, Dated Windsor, 1621. Also Dalrymple's Serious Admonition on the Intended Thief-Colony at Botany Bay, 1786; and Ten Rhyne's Schediasma de Promontorio Bonae Spei, 1686. Also First and Early Editions of Works by Bassi, Belo, Burchiello, Cecco, Michelangelo, Nolfi, Petrarca, Sostenago di Zanobi and Trissino, and the Venice, 1483, Edition of Cuerino Il Meschino; and of Works by Alberti, Cellini, Palladio, Scamozzi, Serlio, Vasari, Vignola and Vitruvius. Also a Number of Early Sale Catalogues of Books, Pictures and Works of Art, and Several Large Collections of Rare Broadsides Formed and Annotated by Narcissus Luttrell. Wrappers faintly creased, otherise Near Very Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-42912

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Titel: Catalogue of a Further portion of the ...
Verlag: Sotheby & Co., London, illustrated auction catalogue for the sale held on 16th to 18th October, 1961
Erscheinungsdatum: 1961
Einband: Softcover
Auflage: 1. Auflage