Catalogue of some exceedingly choice books, together with a few ... manuscripts, the property of an eminent collector [Bertin], consigned ... from Paris ... to which is added, the reserved portion of the very valuable library of the late Philip Hurd ... Which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. S. Leigh Sotheby & Co. ... on ... May 24th, 1848 / [Bertin].

  • Bertin, Antoine de, 1752-1790.
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[1848]
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Credit: Catalogue of some exceedingly choice books, together with a few ... manuscripts, the property of an eminent collector [Bertin], consigned ... from Paris ... to which is added, the reserved portion of the very valuable library of the late Philip Hurd ... Which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. S. Leigh Sotheby & Co. ... on ... May 24th, 1848 / [Bertin]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OF SOME EXCEEDINGLY CHOICE BOOKS, TOGETHER WITH A FEW SPLENDID MANUSCRIPTS, THE PROPERTY OP AN EMINENT COLLECTOR, CONSIGNED BY HIM FROM PARIS: THEY COMPRISE BOOKS PRINTED UPON VELLUM, EARLY FRENCH ROMANCES, CHRONICLES AND HISTORIES; GALLERIES AND BOOKS OF PRINTS; ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, MISSALS, &c. INCLUDING A NOBLE ONE OF BOCCACE DES NOBLES HOMMES ET FEMMES; BEAUTIFUL MINIATURES BY PETITOT, &c. ; TO WHICH IS ADDED, THE RESERVED PORTION OF THE VERY VALUABLE LIBRARY OF THE LATE PHILIP HURD, ESQ. INCLUDING Les Sept Pseaumes, an Exquisite Manuscript upon vellum ; a Magnificent copy of the Musee Francais, WITH PROOFS BEFORE THE LETTERS, &c. WHICH WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MESSRS. S. LEIGH SOTHEBY & Co. auctioneers of literary property and works illustrative of the fine arts, AT THEIR HOUSE, 3, WELLINGTON STREET, STRAND On WEDNESDAY, MAY 24th, 1848, at One o’Clock, PRECISELY. TO BE VIEWED ON MONDAY & TUESDAY PREVIOUS, AND CATALOGUES HAD OF Messrs. Parker, Oxford; Deighton, Cambridge; Langbridge, Birmingham ; Hodges and Smith, Dublin ; Blackwood, Edinburgh ; and at the place of Sale. Compton and Ritchie, Printers, Middle Street, Cloth Fair.