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Laminated wrappers, 4to, 230 pp, plates, ills (some colour). 298 lots. Catalogue of the general library of Philip Robinson, the younger of the two brothers who founded the distinguished bookselling firm of William H. Robinson Ltd which existed in Pall Mall between 1930 and 1956, and acquired and dispersed the residue of Sir Thomas Phillipps' collection. Contents: Continental Printed Books Lots 1-49; Medieval Manuscripts 50-51; English literature and History, Political theory and Economics 52-105; Voyages and Travel 106-298 , Among some of the highlights were: Cervantes Ocho comedias,1615 in limp vellum; the Strassburg Guido Colonna, 1489, in its original deerskin binding; a John Harris pen-facsimile; eight works from John Locke's library, signed by him; papers and correspondence of Henry Strachey on the American War of Independence; four French legal incunabula, three apparently unrecorded; Oviedo Historia General de las Indias 1535, a late 13th century medical anthology from Bury St Edmunds Abbey. Part II of the Sotheby's catalogue (not included here) dealt with Robinson's collection of material relating to the earliest European contacts with China. Indexed. Top edge mildly duststained, otherwise Very Good. Seller Inventory # ABE-59546
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Title: The Library of Philip Robinson : Part I. [ ...
Publisher: Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 23rd June, 1988
Publication Date: 1988
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st Edition
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