SOTHEBY, Samuel (1771-1842). A List of the Original Catalogues of the Principal Libraries which have been sold by Auction, by Mr. Samuel Baker, from 1744 to 1774; Messrs. S. Baker and G. Leigh, from 1775 to 1777; Mr. G. Leigh, 1778; Messrs. Leigh and Sotheby, from 1780 to 1800; Messrs. Leigh, Sotheby and Son, from 1800 to 1803; Messrs. Leigh and Sotheby, from 1804 to 1816; and Mr. Sotheby, from 1816 to the present time. The whole forming a Series of Ninety-three volumes, in Quarto, with Prices and Purchasers' Names . London: Printed by Wright & Murphy, 1818. -- SOTHEBY, Samuel. A List of the Original Catalogues of the Principal Libraries Which have been Sold by Auction by Mr. Samuel Baker...and Mr. Sotheby, from 1816 to 1828. The whole forming a series of One Hundred and Forty-six Volumes in Quarto... London: Printed by Compton & Ritchie, 1828 2 volumes in one, 8 o (224 x 145 mm). Engraved portrait of James Granger, 1775, laid-in. Title of second work bound after p. 12. Middle Hill boards (some wear to spine). Provenance : Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872, binding). ONE OF 25 COPIES printed on fine paper of the first and second editions of the highly important lists of catalogues published by Sotheby's. On the 1828 title is a handwritten note on upper blank margin: "With Messrs. Sotheby & Sons Compliments," with the dedicatee's name cut away (not Phillipps'). The catalogues record the sales under successive principals and partners up to 1828, when Samuel Sotheby was the principal of the firm. The 1818 edition lists some 600 sales, chronologically arranged under the successive principals, the second part, pp. 13-28, lists the "Sale Catalogues from 1744-1817, alphabetically arranged." The edition of 1828 is a reissue of the 1818 catalogue, augmented by the chronological list of approximately 270 sales held by Samuel Sotheby between 1818 and 1828, followed by an alphabetical list of owners of the collections sold; these also include coins and works of art. There appears to have been a further reissue in 1830.
SOTHEBY, Samuel (1771-1842). A List of the Original Catalogues of the Principal Libraries which have been sold by Auction, by Mr. Samuel Baker, from 1744 to 1774; Messrs. S. Baker and G. Leigh, from 1775 to 1777; Mr. G. Leigh, 1778; Messrs. Leigh and Sotheby, from 1780 to 1800; Messrs. Leigh, Sotheby and Son, from 1800 to 1803; Messrs. Leigh and Sotheby, from 1804 to 1816; and Mr. Sotheby, from 1816 to the present time. The whole forming a Series of Ninety-three volumes, in Quarto, with Prices and Purchasers' Names . London: Printed by Wright & Murphy, 1818. -- SOTHEBY, Samuel. A List of the Original Catalogues of the Principal Libraries Which have been Sold by Auction by Mr. Samuel Baker...and Mr. Sotheby, from 1816 to 1828. The whole forming a series of One Hundred and Forty-six Volumes in Quarto... London: Printed by Compton & Ritchie, 1828 2 volumes in one, 8 o (224 x 145 mm). Engraved portrait of James Granger, 1775, laid-in. Title of second work bound after p. 12. Middle Hill boards (some wear to spine). Provenance : Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872, binding). ONE OF 25 COPIES printed on fine paper of the first and second editions of the highly important lists of catalogues published by Sotheby's. On the 1828 title is a handwritten note on upper blank margin: "With Messrs. Sotheby & Sons Compliments," with the dedicatee's name cut away (not Phillipps'). The catalogues record the sales under successive principals and partners up to 1828, when Samuel Sotheby was the principal of the firm. The 1818 edition lists some 600 sales, chronologically arranged under the successive principals, the second part, pp. 13-28, lists the "Sale Catalogues from 1744-1817, alphabetically arranged." The edition of 1828 is a reissue of the 1818 catalogue, augmented by the chronological list of approximately 270 sales held by Samuel Sotheby between 1818 and 1828, followed by an alphabetical list of owners of the collections sold; these also include coins and works of art. There appears to have been a further reissue in 1830.
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