A catalogue of a very select collection of books in all languages, and every branch of literature: containing a great number of articles altogether unique, purchased from a very celebrated cabinet on the Continent, and collected from various parts of Europe; in the highest condition, and most elegant bindings: ... now on sale (the prices printed in the catalogue, and marked in the first leaf of every book) at J. Edwards's, no. 78, Pall-Mall, ondon.
James Edwards (1757 - 1816)
Category
Books
Date
1794
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3225929
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], 314, [12] p. ; 8vo. Running number: 7794. Pencil marks in margin against entry no. 1 (p. 1-2) in the catalogue for a complete set of the Cabinet du Roi (perhaps ticking off the volumes present in the Blickling copy of the Cabinet du Roi). Manuscript price added in ink to entry no. 237 (p. 18): "21.-". Binding: late eighteenth-century quarter-bound calf with red paper over boards (faded to brown on front board, faded to pink on rear board); sewn on two recessed cords; title stamped in gilt along spine 'Edwards's Catalogue. 1794'; blue sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
James Edwards (1757 - 1816), bookseller