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Bibliotheca Smithiana A catalogue of the curious, elegant, and very valuable library of Joseph Smith, Esq; His Britannick Majesty's Consul at Venice lately deceased. The Books are in the finest Preservation, and consist of The very Best, and Scarcest Editions of the Latin, Italian, and French Authors, from the Invention of Printing; Many Capital Books of Prints and Antiquities, with Manuscripts and Missals upon Vellum finely illuminated. Which will be sold by auction, by S. Baker and G. Leigh, Booksellers, At their House in York-Street, Covent-Garden, on Monday, January the 25th, 1773, and the thirteen following Days, Beginning each Day at Twelve O'Clock.

Title
Bibliotheca Smithiana [electronic resource] : A catalogue of the curious, elegant, and very valuable library of Joseph Smith, Esq; His Britannick Majesty's Consul at Venice lately deceased. The Books are in the finest Preservation, and consist of The very Best, and Scarcest Editions of the Latin, Italian, and French Authors, from the Invention of Printing; Many Capital Books of Prints and Antiquities, with Manuscripts and Missals upon Vellum finely illuminated. Which will be sold by auction, by S. Baker and G. Leigh, Booksellers, At their House in York-Street, Covent-Garden, on Monday, January the 25th, 1773, and the thirteen following Days, Beginning each Day at Twelve O'Clock.
Author
S. Baker and G. Leigh (London, England)
Publication
[London : s.n., 1773]

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Additional Authors
Gale (Firm)
Description
[8],84p.; 8⁰.
Uniform Title
Eighteenth century collections online.
Subject
  • Catalogs, Booksellers'
  • Auction catalogs > England > London
  • Auctions > England > London > Catalogs
Note
  • Conditions of sale signed: Samuel Baker, and G. Leigh.
  • Parallel French and English titlepages and preliminaries.
  • 'Bibliotheca Smithiana, pars altera' was sold later in 1773 by James Robson.
  • In this edition the English titlepage is at right and reads ".. library of Joseph ..".
  • Reproduction of original from British Library.
Indexed In (note)
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 642659668
  • T655
Author
S. Baker and G. Leigh (London, England)
Title
Bibliotheca Smithiana [electronic resource] : A catalogue of the curious, elegant, and very valuable library of Joseph Smith, Esq; His Britannick Majesty's Consul at Venice lately deceased. The Books are in the finest Preservation, and consist of The very Best, and Scarcest Editions of the Latin, Italian, and French Authors, from the Invention of Printing; Many Capital Books of Prints and Antiquities, with Manuscripts and Missals upon Vellum finely illuminated. Which will be sold by auction, by S. Baker and G. Leigh, Booksellers, At their House in York-Street, Covent-Garden, on Monday, January the 25th, 1773, and the thirteen following Days, Beginning each Day at Twelve O'Clock.
Imprint
[London : s.n., 1773]
Series
Eighteenth century collections online.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexed In:
English Short Title Catalog, T655.
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Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
Added Author
Gale (Firm)
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