A catalogue of the library of George Hibbert, Esq. of Portland Place
Subtitle: which will be sold by auction on Monday, March 16, and seventeen following days; on Monday, May 4, and eleven following days; and on Monday, May 25, and eleven following days, (Sundays excepted,)
By: by Mr. Evans at his house, no. 93, Pall-Mall
Contributors: Hibbert, George, 1757-1837; Ware, James, 1769-1859, engraver; Hoppner, James, 1758-1810, artist; Lewis, George Robert, 1782-1871, engraver; Nicol, William, 1777-1857, printer; Payne and Foss
Publisher: Printed by W. Nicol, Cleveland-Row, St. James's
Published: 1829
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 484
Subjects: Catalogs; Library; Rare books; Bibliography; Books; Prices; Romances; Vellum printed books; Private libraries; Book auctions
Other titles: Catalog of the library of George Hibbert, Esq. of Portland Place
Notes: "The Collection ... is rich in early-printed Bibles, in ... Natural History, and is, perhaps, unrivalled in the accumulation of early French Romances and ... the rarest productions of Italian Poetry ... [A]lso ... many curious and rare Articles of our early English Poetry ... [and] BOOKS PRINTED UPON VELLUM."--P. [3].

The 8,726 lots, comprising about 20,000 volumes, realized £23,000. Cf. NUC pre-1956.

"Index to the days of sale": preliminary p. [5]; "Index to the books printed upon vellum": preliminary p. [6]-[7]; "Index to the manuscripts": preliminary p. [10].

Includes frontispiece portrait of Hibbert, with ms. inscription: Reduced from a mezzotint by J. Ward after a painting by Hoppner, July 30th 1829. George Hibbert.

Plate [3] is mounted; includes engraving by G.R. Lewis and published by Payne & Foss, 81 Pall Mall.

One of 36 copies printed on large paper. Cf. NUC pre-1956.

Ms. notes by Dawson Turner and a letter from G. Hibbert inserted.

BM, v. 103, col. 541

NUC pre-1956, v. 244, p. 686