Catalogue of the valuable historical library of George Baker, Esq. the historian of Northamptonshire; . to which are added, his very extensive collections of prints and drawings, illustrative of the county; ... also the remaining copies of Mr. Baker's history of the county,. &c. &c, which will be sold by auction, in the Assembly Room of the George Hotel, Northampton, by Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby, auctioneer of literary property, Wellington Street, Strand, on Monday, October 24th 1842, and five following days, ...
S. Leigh Sotheby
Category
Books
Date
1842 - 1859
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire
NT 3141487
Summary
Bibliographic description
84 p. . 26cm.. Provenance: Stamp of A. Dryden. - Apparently purchased by John Fuggles, Libraries Adviser, 1978-1991. - Bought from N. Groome in 1986 see note in Caveler's 'Architectural Illustrations' [NT133012]. - Some markings in ink and pencil, indicative of purchases by 'H.D.'. - Note in ink against lot 181: 'Đ12.5 / Broadworth / Đ10 given / back to Baker'. - Tally of purchases listed in ink: 'Lots bought by H.D.' on final page (in the sum of 'Đ22.0.0'). Binding: Purple cloth, black spine-label, gold-lettered, printed blue paper upper wrapper retained. - Bound with another marked copy.
Makers and roles
S. Leigh Sotheby