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Catalogue of valuable printed books and fine bindings, autograph letters and historical documents, &c. oriental manuscripts and miniatures, &c. comprising a selection from the libraries, the property of the Duke of Anhalt (sold by His Highness’ order), consisting largely of illustrated books on art, architecture, costume, sport, etc. of the XVI to the XVIII centuries; a MS. armorial of the Golden Fleece and nine valuable incunables, including a fine copy of the Ulm Ptolemy of 1486, from a Royal library on the Continent; collections of early works on botany, and natural history and of books from the Elzevir and Aldine Presses, and a small collection of fine French bindings, 1569 1778, the property of a Gentleman; tracts by Martin Luther, the property of Dr. Wilbrand, of Darmstadt; maps, etc. including the collection of the late Sir George Fordham; a horn book of silver filigree, the property of R. S. Goodchild, of Cambridge; Norton, Ferrex and Porrex, 1570, the property of Mrs. Kay, of Edinburgh; and a very fine copy (one of five perfect copies known) of Shakespeare’s Richard III, 1608, the property of W. G. Damper; modern books include Shelley’s Address to the Irish people, from the library of Denis Florence MacCarthy, author of “Shelley’s early life”; Kipling, Schoolboy lyrics, 1881; and a choice collection of English sporting and other books with coloured plates, the property of a Lady, the autograph letters, etc. include verses by Lord Byron, Jane Austen and Percy Bysshe Shelley; the autograph draft of Burke’s “Character of Sir Joshua Reynolds”; and fine letters by General James Wolfe, L. Van Beethoven, W. A. Mozart, Thomas Carlyle, Thomas De Quincey, Sir Isaac Newton, John Wesley and Daniel Defoe, the property of Sir Kenneth Murchison; and of other owners, which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. (G. D. Hobson, M.V.O., F. W. Warre, O.B.E., M.C., C. G. Des Graz, B.A., Miss E. Barlow, C. V. Pilkington, B.A.), auctioneers of literary property & works illustrative of the Fine Arts, at their large galleries, 34 & 35, New Bond Street, W. (1), on Monday, the 14th of December, 1931, and two following days, at one o'clock precisely

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