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HUTH LIBRARY.. Catalogue of the Famous Library of Printed Books, Illuminated Manuscripts, Autograph Letters and Engravings Collected by Henry Huth, and Since Maintained and Augmented by his Son Alfred H. Huth, Fosbury Manor, Wiltshire... First [-Ninth and Final] Portion.1911
Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. 9 Parts., 4to, numerous plates throughout, including some chromolithographed (some which a couple of the folding examples are adhered), list of prices and buyers' names bound in of the back of each part, uniform brown buckram, spines lettered in gilt. A complete record of the sale of printed books and manuscripts which De Ricci described as "one of the most striking events in the history of the English sale-rooms". Huth's collection, which ranked among the finest in England, was rich in incunabula, voyages, Shakespearean and early English literature, and Bibles. De Ricci, pp. 151-154.
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