A Catalogue of Books, of the several Libraries Of the Honorable Sir William Coventry, And the Honorable Mr. Henry Coventry, Sometime Secretary of State to King Charles II. : Containing A very good Collection of most excellent Books in Divinity, History, Philology, Matters of State, &c. in Greek, Latin, Italian, French, Spanish and English, To be sold by Auction, at the late Dwelling-house of Mr. Secretary Coventry, at the upper end of the Hay-market, Peccadilly, on Monday the ninth of May, 1687.
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A Catalogue of Books, of the several Libraries Of the Honorable Sir William Coventry, And the Honorable Mr. Henry Coventry, Sometime Secretary of State to King Charles II. : Containing A very good Collection of most excellent Books in Divinity, History, Philology, Matters of State, &c. in Greek, Latin, Italian, French, Spanish and English, To be sold by Auction, at the late Dwelling-house of Mr. Secretary Coventry, at the upper end of the Hay-market, Peccadilly, on Monday the ninth of May, 1687.
Created/published
[London:] : Catalogues are to be had gratis at Mr. William Cooper's... Mr. George Wells's... Mr. Tho, Dring's... Mr. Sam. Carr's... Mr. William Nott... Mr. Man's... Finches Coffee-house... and at the Coffee-Houses in Oxford and Cambridge, 1687.
Description
[4], 44 p. ; 22 cm (4to)
Associated name
Cooper, William, -1689, bookseller.
Crawford, James Ludovic Lindsay, Earl of, 1847-1913, former owner.
Crawford, James Ludovic Lindsay, Earl of, 1847-1913, former owner.
Note
Signatures: [pi]² A-E⁴ F².
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Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2011. Fame, Fortune, and Theft.
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), C6626
Munby & Coral, p. 7
Munby & Coral, p. 7
Genre/form
Auction catalogs.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
260649
Folger-specific note
FSL copy: former Grolier Club copy [stamped Withdrawn] in 19th-century quarter morocco over marbled boards; gift of Lionel and Philip R. Robinson; bookplate of the Bibliotheca Lindesiana; occasional marks in a contemporary hand.