Research Catalog

Title

Bibliotheca Sunderlandiana : sale catalogue of the truly important and very extensive library of printed books known as the Sunderland or Blenheim library : comprising a remarkable collection of the Greek and Roman classic writers in first, early and rare editions ; a large series of early printed Bibles and Testaments in various languages ; a few ancient and important mss. ... : the first[-fifth] portion ... to be sold by auction, by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson, at their gallery, No. 47, Leister Square, London, W.C. ...

Author

Puttick and Simpson, compiler, issuing body.

Publication

• London : Messrs. Puttick and Simpson, 1881-1883
• [London] : G. Norman and Son, Printers.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Sunderland, Charles Spencer, Earl of, 1674-1722

Description

5 volumes (viii, 1,037 pages); 25 cm

Alternative Title

• Sale catalogue of the truly important and very extensive library of printed books known as the Sunderland or Blenheim library
• Bibliotheca Sunderlandiana : sale catalogue of the Sunderland or Blenheim library
• Sunderland library
• Blenheim library

Subject

• Sunderland, Charles Spencer, Earl of, 1674-1722 > Library > Catalogs
• Blenheim Palace (England) > Library > Catalogs
• Rare books > Bibliography > Catalogs
• Book auctions > England > London > Catalogs
• Private libraries > England > Woodstock > Catalogs

Note

• "Rare editions of the great Italian writers notably Dante, Boccaccio, Petrarch, and Ariosto. Important books and tracts relating to America. Early and rare chronicles in Spanish, Portuguese, English and French. Important English county histories. A very extensive collection of tracts relating to the political and religious events in England and France in the 15th and 16th centuries. Many very uncommon poetical tracts in French, Italian and Spanish. Collections of councils, lives of saints, books on canon and civil law. First editions of the writings of the chief French, Italian and Spanish poets of the 16th and 17th centuries, etc. etc."
• Library collected by Charles Spencer, third Earl Sunderland; augmented by successive owners until its dispersion. First portion sold December 1-3, 5-10, 12, 1881; 2nd, April 17-22, 24-27, 1882; 3rd, July 17-22, 24-27, 1882; 4th, November 6-11, 13-16, 1882; 5th, March 10, 12-17, 19-22, 1883.
• A sixth portion, continuing the paging of the first five and often found bound at end, contains "The following books & manuscripts (overlooked during the compilation of the Catalogue ... " (pages 1039-1042) and "Catalogue of rare & valuable books returned imperfect from the sale of the Sunderland Library" (pages 1043-1058); both sales June 1, 1883.
• Without the "overlooked" and returned lots, the sale comprised 13,858 lots and yielded £56,581.
• Some copies accompanied by "List of prices and purchasers' names" for each portion (cxlv pages ; 30 cm).

Additional Formats (note)

• Also availale online via HathiTrust and Google Books.

Call Number

*GO (Sunderland, C. S. Bibliotheca Sunderlandiana)

LCCN

03019609

OCLC

6025775

Author

Puttick and Simpson, compiler, issuing body.

Title

Bibliotheca Sunderlandiana : sale catalogue of the truly important and very extensive library of printed books known as the Sunderland or Blenheim library : comprising a remarkable collection of the Greek and Roman classic writers in first, early and rare editions ; a large series of early printed Bibles and Testaments in various languages ; a few ancient and important mss. ... : the first[-fifth] portion ... to be sold by auction, by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson, at their gallery, No. 47, Leister Square, London, W.C. ...

Publisher

London : Messrs. Puttick and Simpson, 1881-1883

Manufacturer

[London] : G. Norman and Son, Printers.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Additional Formats

Also availale online via HathiTrust and Google Books.

Connect to:

Full text available via HathiTrust--pt. 1-5

Added Author

Sunderland, Charles Spencer, Earl of, 1674-1722, collector.

Cover Title

Bibliotheca Sunderlandiana : sale catalogue of the Sunderland or Blenheim library

Other Form:

Online version: Puttick and Simpson. Bibliotheca Sunderlandiana. London : Messrs. Puttick and Simpson, 1881-1883. (OCoLC)742343990

Research Call Number

*GO (Sunderland, C. S. Bibliotheca Sunderlandiana)

Stuart 2177