CURRER, FRANCES MARY RICHARDSON. A Catalogue of the Library collected by Miss Richardson Currer, at Eshton Hall, Craven, Yorkshire. By C. J. Stewart, bookseller. London: Printed for private circulation only [by J. Moyes], 1833. 8vo, contemporary half morocco, front cover detached. One of 100 copies, a rare revised professional catalogue of Miss Currer's library. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Miss Currer to Lieut. Genl. Sharpe on front flyleaf.
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CURRER, FRANCES MARY RICHARDSON. A Catalogue of the Library collected by Miss Richardson Currer, at Eshton Hall, Craven, Yorkshire. By C. J. Stewart, bookseller. London: Printed for private circulation only [by J. Moyes], 1833. 8vo, contemporary half morocco, front cover detached. One of 100 copies, a rare revised professional catalogue of Miss Currer's library. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Miss Currer to Lieut. Genl. Sharpe on front flyleaf.
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Bookplate of Augustine Birrell, and with a long pencilled note by him regarding Miss Currer on front flyleaf; bookplate of Major J. R. Abbey.
Lot Essay
Most of the books from the library of Miss Currer, the first female bibliophile, were sold in 1862.
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