Bibliotheca Laughtoniana. Or a catalogue including the Greek and Latin parts of the library of the late Reverend and learned Mr. John Laughton, sometime library-keeper to the famous University of Cambridge, which will be expos'd to sale by way of auction, or who bid most, at [my Lord Irwin's house in York on Monday ye 8th of November 1714]. The sale beginning exactly at five of the clock in the afternoon, continuing daily until sold
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Title: Bibliotheca Laughtoniana. Or a catalogue including the Greek and Latin parts of the library of the late Reverend and learned Mr. John Laughton, sometime library-keeper to the famous University of Cambridge, which will be expos'd to sale by way of auction, or who bid most, at [my Lord Irwin's house in York on Monday ye 8th of November 1714]. The sale beginning exactly at five of the clock in the afternoon, continuing daily until sold
Classmark: BC Yorkshire H-Yor-0.4/LAU
Creator(s): Laughton, Sir John Knox (1830-1915)
Additional creator(s): Simmons, Nevill (Other)
Related people: Simmons, Nevill
Publisher: printed by Will. Ayscough
Publication city: Nottingham
Date(s): [1714]
Language: English
Size and medium: [2], 163 p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/310012
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991005635119705181
Description
The place and date of the sale, and imprint date, are added in contemporary manuscript.
"Catalogues are distributed gratis by Mr. Daniel Brown, and Mr. Christopher Bateman... London, at Mr. Willhard's coffee-house in York, and by the undertaker Nevill Simmons, bookseller in Sheffield, Yorkshire".
"Conditions of sale", p.[2], are signed by "the undertaker, Nevill Simmons".
Additional description
Ms. marks against many catalogue items by unknown buyer. Pp. 33-40 holed, affecting text, especially pp. 37-40. Library label of W.T. Freemantle pasted inside front cover
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