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Catalogue of the magnificent contents of Alton Towers, the princely seat of the Earls of Shrewsbury, which (by order of the executors of the late Right Hon. Bertram Arthur, Earl of Shrewsbury) will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson at the Towers on Monday, July 6, 1857, and twenty-nine following days (Sundays excepted), at twelve o'clock precisely

Archive Print Item: Bedford Collection J378

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Title: Catalogue of the magnificent contents of Alton Towers, the princely seat of the Earls of Shrewsbury, which (by order of the executors of the late Right Hon. Bertram Arthur, Earl of Shrewsbury) will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson at the Towers on Monday, July 6, 1857, and twenty-nine following days (Sundays excepted), at twelve o'clock precisely

Other titles: Alton Towers

Level: Item

Classmark: Bedford Collection J378

Additional creator(s): Shrewsbury, Bertram Arthur Talbot (1832-1856) (17th earl of); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) (Former owner); Christie & Manson (Issuing body); W. Clowes and Sons (Printer)

Publisher: Christie & Manson; Printed by W. Clowes and Sons

Publication city: London

Date(s): [1857]

Language: English

Size and medium: xx, [4], 219 pages

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/746393

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991020069489705181

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Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection J378: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on front pastedown: John Evan Bedford. Former reference: CTH/231.

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