HOLKHAM LIBRARY. [ROSCOE (William)]. Proof Impressions of Engravings, Designed to Illustrate Mr. Roscoe's Catalogue of the Manuscript Library at Holkham.1835

Not Published. Small folio, title page followed one leaf (2pp.) of letterpress description of each plate, one of 50 copies printed, 25 interleaved engravings by William Camden Edwards (1777-1855), 23 of illuminated pages from manuscripts from the library at Holkham, and 2 portraits of the Coke family, some light internal foxing, this copy bears the bookplate of Sir Willoughby Jones, Bt., of Cranmer Hall, Norfolk, cont. half morocco, corners and spine scuffed and worn, t.e.g. The 1st Earl of Leicester commissioned Roscoe to undertake the cataloguing of the important library at Holkham Hall. This was the third and most detailed catalogue of the library, composed during 1820-1829 and consisting of eight hand-written volumes. Initially written by William Roscoe and later revised and extended by Frederic Madden.