Catalogue of valuable printed books, illuminated manuscripts, autograph letters and historical documents, comprising the magnificent series of illuminated miniatures and initials removed from manuscripts of the highest quality, forming part of the famous collections of the late John, Lord Northwick; two very rare XVI century tracts, the property of Miss Florence Ford; a fine binding by Clovis Eve, the property of Sir Timothy Eden, Bt.; a selection from the library at Stretton Hall, Leicester, the property of Lieut.-Col. E. C. Packe; and other properties, a collection of books printed at modern private presses; works with colored plates; French illustrated books of the XVIII century; two fine frontispieces from Venetian Ducall, etc., the autograph letters, etc., comprise the well-known collection formed by the late Duncan Ferguson, Esq., of Burntisland, including more than fifteen fine letters and poems in the hand of Robert Burns; important letters of Sir Walter Scott, etc.; a fine series of letters of Lord Nelson, the property of J. S. O. Robertson-Luxford, Esq.; naval papers, the property of Mrs. J. M. Seymour (deceased); an interesting letter of Ludwig von Beethoven, the property of A. M. Henderson, Esq.; fine letters of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin; an extensive correspondence of Elizabeth Barrett Browning; remarkable unpublished letters by Samuel Richardson; etc., which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co., the Rt. Hon. Sir Montague Barlow, P.C., K.B.E., M.P., G. D. Hobson, M.V.O. & F. W. Warre, O.B.E., M.C., C. G. Des Graz, B.A., Miss E. Barlow, auctioneers of literary property & works illustrative of the fine arts, at their large galleries, 34 & 35, New Bond Street, W. (1), on Monday, November 16th, 1925, and following day, at one o’clock precisely

Catalogue de vente

Informations bibliographiques: Cote de l'original : VP 1925/745 ; Cote du microfilm : Mfilm 35 1925 11 16 (bobine 264)

Note: La maison de vente Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, créée par Samuel Baker en 1744, prit le nom Sotheby’s en 1924 et déménagea de Wellington Street pour New Bond Street en 1917

Note complémentaire: Les noms de Sir Clement Anderson Montague Barlow (1868-1951), Geoffrey Dudley Hobson (1882-1949) et capitaine Felix Walter Warre (1879-1953) apparaissent sur la page de titre en tant qu'associés chez Sotheby's