Catalogue of the selected portion of the celebrated Auchinleck library
Subtitle: formed by the late Lord Auchinleck, the property of Mrs. Mounsey : containing interesting memorials of James Boswell and Dr. Samuel Johnson; works relating to the history of Scotland and by Scottish authors; early manuscripts, including Hector Boece's Chronicle of Scotland ... ; Allan Ramsay's Gentle shepherd ...; Drummond of Hawthornden's poems, 1616, on large paper; rare tracts relating to America; early English literature; early printing; Aldine, and editiones principes of the classics; early travels, Civil War tracts, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, auctioneers ... at their house, no. 13, Wellington Street, Strand, W.C. on Friday, the 23rd day of June, 1893, and two following days ...
Contributors: Donald & Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson (Houghton Library); Auchinleck, Alexander Boswell, Lord, 1707-1782
Publisher: Dryden Press: J. Davy and Sons
Published: 1893
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 52
Subjects: Catalogs; Library; Private libraries; Early printed books; Bibliography; Manuscripts; Books; Prices
Notes: 782 lots.