WILLETT, RALPH. Merly Library. A Catalogue of the well known and celebrated Library of the late... Which will be sold by Auction by Leigh and Sotheby... December 6, 1813... [London, 1813]. 2 parts in one volume, 8vo, half calf, spine ends and edges rubbed. First part PRICED in a contemporary hand, ruled in red. De Ricci p. 88.

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WILLETT, RALPH. Merly Library. A Catalogue of the well known and celebrated Library of the late... Which will be sold by Auction by Leigh and Sotheby... December 6, 1813... [London, 1813]. 2 parts in one volume, 8vo, half calf, spine ends and edges rubbed. First part PRICED in a contemporary hand, ruled in red. De Ricci p. 88.

Lot Essay

The books include important block-books and incunabula. The second part is largely devoted to botanical drawings. "It is possible that Thomas Frognall Dibdin had a hand in cataloging some of the books in this sale." For an account of Willett and his library see Alan G. Thomas in The Book Collector, Winter 1963.

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