The auction attracted numerous well-known bibliophiles such as Charles van Hulthem and Richard Heber. A detailed catalogue was published only in 1829, when his collection was auctioned in Antwerp. He once said 'No gentleman can be without three copies of a book, one for show, one for use, and one for borrowers.' Richard Heber by John Harris, pencil, circa 1830, 226 mm x 171 mm, NPG 4886. Lauwers had intended to publish a ‘memorial’ catalogue in 1810, but it never progressed beyond a printer’s proof. Like Beckford, Heber was an obsessive book collector as perhaps is suggested in this pencil drawing. Taking advantage of the many auctions held in his time, he built a private library which showed a clear preference for illustrated eighteenth-century books in excellent condition, mainly from France and the Netherlands. This idea of bibliophiles as intermediaries is illustrated by the Antwerp librarian and book collector Jean Baptiste Lauwers (1755-1829). the collector’s consciousness of being part of a pedigree, passing books down from one generation to the next. V, 636.Bibliophiles as Intermediaries: The Case of the Antwerp Book Collector Jean Baptiste Lauwers (1755-1829) Bibliophiles as Intermediaries: The Case of the Antwerp Book Collector Jean Baptiste Lauwers.Ībstract This article discusses an important aspect of bibliophily, viz. in the royal library of France, especially of those which coincide with the editio princeps." (Dibdin, Classics, 1827 Vol. Printed by Barbou, and called by Harwood 'one of the most beautiful and correct of all his classics.' The text is from Ernesti's first edition, but it contains the readings of some MSS.
The scan shows the spines & front cover of volume 3. Overall, a well-preserved set by a famous printer, and from the collection of one the great English book collectors. Some scattered tan spotting to page margins. Big Duke Energy is all brand new content where. Four books for four seasons from highly-acclaimed, award-winning, and USA Today bestselling authors. Kerrigan Byrne and Friends Present: The Seasons of Sin 2022 Anthology Collection. A few other penciled bookseller's notes are present in volume 1. Big Duke Energy (Seasons of Sin Anthology Collection Book 1) Author: Kerrigan Byrne. Ellis Wall, and each has a later printed book label, pasted to the marbled paper paste-downs. Heber at the top of the first blank flyleaf Volume 1 has the engraved, heraldic bookplate of Wm. (Collat: & perf) : From the library of Richard Heber w. Notes in pencil on reverse of marbled endpaper and facing flyleaf in volume 1: : E. Vellum spine on Volume 1, and the covers on volumes 2 & 3 show some age-related gray spotting to the vellum. + III.) with covers double-ruled in blue ink blue sprinkled edges, headbands, light blue silk bookmarkers bound in blue and red marbled paper endpapers.
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Bound in full vellum with gilt bordered, blue leather title labels on the spines, gilt lettered: TACITUS AP BARBOU TOM. Volume 3: half-title engraved frontispiece of Roman figures (Eisen/Lempereur) title-page -456 + page J. including notes & index, small Eisen/Lempereur engraving at top of p. Volume 2: half-title engraved frontispiece of classical Roman figures (Eisen/Lempereur) title-page, -480 pp. Lempereur, engraver) xxiv, -444 pp., including notes & index, small Eisen/Lempereur engraving at top of p. x 6 ¼ in Volume 1: engraved frontispiece of Tacitus (Ch.
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