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[Auction catalogue].
Catalogue of The Celebrated Library of the late Major J. R. Abbey. The Eleventh and Final Portion: Forty-Four Manuscripts from c 1100 to 1762. [Monday, 19th June 1989]
Published London: Sotheby’s, 1989.
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound; no dustjacket; front and back boards each have a full-colour paste-down.
Printer: Howards Printers, Slough.
Size: 215x276x19mm.
Page count: 212pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: the boards are somewhat scuffed and scratched, and the surface of the spine is very roughened though not so much as to quite obliterate its lettering.


This item £15.00
P&P inc. within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 1045g.

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Describes lots 3007-3050, predominantly medieval in origin.

Illustrations: colour, throughout

Notes: no
Bibliography: references included with individual lot descriptions where applicable
Index: concordance of Major Abbey's manuscripts

[BML/auction]
[PC2]

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