Bibliotheca Phillippica New Series : Seventh Part. Catalogue of the Celebrated Collection of Manuscripts Formed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bt. (1792-1872). [ Sotheby & Co., auction catalogue, sale dates: 14 and 15 June, 1971 ].

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Published by Sotheby & Co., London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 14th and 15th June, 1971, 1971

About this Item

Printed wrappers, small 4to, 165 pp, plates. Lots 1375-1709. Among the highlights noted were the following: an important Letter of Byron Concerning Don Juan, an Autograph Parliamentary Diary of Sir Edward Dering, and Letters of Ainsworth, Slingsby Bethel, William Paulet Carey, Carlyle, William Cecil, Lord Chesterfield, Richard Graves, Jefferson, Thomas Percy, John Pym, Richard Rich, Robert Southwell, John and Samuel Wesley; English Charters of the Reigns of Henry III, including the Famous Sentence of Excommunication of 1253, Edward I, Edward III, Richard II, Henry V, Henry VIII and Lady Jane Grey; Manuscripts and Charters Concerning Bristol, Buckinghamshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Kent, Middlesex, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Wiltshire, Winchester, Worcestershire and Yorkshire; Ireland and Scotland; America, Barbados, Canada, India and the East India Company; an Important Collection of Heraldic and Genealogical Manuscripts from the Library of the St. George Family, including Autograph Manuscripts of Henry and Richard St. George, William Camden, Nicholas Charles, Robert Cooke, Robert Dale, Gilbert and William Dethick, Robert Glover, Richard Lee, William Ryley, John Stow and William Wyrley; an Important Manuscript of the Middle English Poem, Instructions to his Son, by Peter Idley; an Hitherto Unknown Letter of Sir Philip Sidney Referring to His Own Poetry; a 17th Century Commonplace Book Containing Cittern Music in Tablature Form; an Autograph Working Notebook of John Speed; Contemporary Accounts of the Fatal Duel at Dorset Gardens Theatre in June 1685 and of Elisha Hall's Visits to Heaven and Hell, 1562. List of prices realized and buyers loosely laid in. Very Good.

Seller Inventory # ABE-12047

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bibliotheca Phillippica New Series : Seventh Part. Catalogue of the Celebrated Collection of Manuscripts Formed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bt. (1792-1872). [ Sotheby & Co., auction catalogue, sale dates: 14 and 15 June, 1971 ].
• Publisher: Sotheby & Co., London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 14th and 15th June, 1971
• Publication Date: 1971
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition