The splendid library of the late Theodore N. Vail of New York
Published: 1922
Language: eng
Notes: Comprising a large variety of the choicest colored plate books by Alken, Cruikshank, and Rowlandson; an extensive collection of the first editions of Dickens and Thackeray, the former with manuscripts and original drawings; the "Kilmarnock" burns; Paradise Lost, with the first title-page; editio princeps of "Imitatio Christi"; a large collection of autograph letters and relics of George Washington, including a complete set of the "Dictionary of Arts and Sciences," with his autograph and bookplate in each volume; original letters of John Eliot, the famous "Apostle to the Indians"; the four folios of Shakespeare; and rare Americana.

McKay, 8461.

Place of sale: New York.

Date of sale: May 2-6, 1922.