Catalogue of the Towneley manuscripts, removed from Towneley Hall, Lancashire : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge... on Wednesday the 27th day of June, 1883, and following day
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Type of record: Book
Title: Catalogue of the Towneley manuscripts, removed from Towneley Hall, Lancashire : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge... on Wednesday the 27th day of June, 1883, and following day
Classmark: YAS 0851
Creator(s): Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge
Additional creator(s): Towneley, John (1731-1813) (Other); Towneley, Christopher (1604-1674) (Other)
Related people: Towneley, John; Towneley, Christopher
Publisher: Dryden Press: J. Davy & Sons
Publication city: [London]
Date(s): [1883]
Language: English
Size and medium: 32 pages
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/487836
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991010622059705181
Collection group(s): Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society
Description
Part of the library of John Towneley, including the papers of the antiquary Christopher Towneley. Cf. De Ricci. English collectors of books and manuscripts, 1930, p. 88-89.
Additional description
Bound together with 4 other publications in volume with spine title: 'Catalogues of Sundry Sales 1833-1902'. Volume contents: 1. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge: Catalogue of the Towneley manuscripts. 1833. -- 2. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge: Catalogue of the important Burton Constable manuscripts. 1889. -- 3. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge: Catalogue of the valuable library of the late John Stansfeld, Esq. of Leeds. 1898. -- 4. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge: The Tixall Library. 1899. -- 5. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge: Catalogue of the choice stock of rare books. 1902. Items 1, 2, 4 and 5: with several manuscript annotations. With a manuscript inscription concerning the contents of the volume on front flyleaf verso
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