![WALTON, Brian (1600-61) -- Bibliotheca Waltoniana, sive Catalogus librorum (in omni arte & lingua) rarissimorum ... horum auction habebitur Londini 30 die Aprilis in aedibus Sam. Carr. [London]: distributed gratis at Sam. Carr's house, 1683. 4° (232 x 186mm). Uncut. (Browned, tiny burn hole in one leaf, small paper flaw affecting a few letters.) Provenance: a few early annotations -- Bibliotheca Lindesiana (bookplate) -- Lionel and Philip Robinson (label recording gift to:) -- The Grolier Club, New York (deaccession stamp).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2011/CSK/2011_CSK_06332_0013_001(walton_brian_--_bibliotheca_waltoniana_sive_catalogus_librorum_rarissi080053).jpg?w=1)
![WALTON, Brian (1600-61) -- Bibliotheca Waltoniana, sive Catalogus librorum (in omni arte & lingua) rarissimorum ... horum auction habebitur Londini 30 die Aprilis in aedibus Sam. Carr. [London]: distributed gratis at Sam. Carr's house, 1683. 4° (232 x 186mm). Uncut. (Browned, tiny burn hole in one leaf, small paper flaw affecting a few letters.) Provenance: a few early annotations -- Bibliotheca Lindesiana (bookplate) -- Lionel and Philip Robinson (label recording gift to:) -- The Grolier Club, New York (deaccession stamp).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2011/CSK/2011_CSK_06332_0013_000(walton_brian_--_bibliotheca_waltoniana_sive_catalogus_librorum_rarissi013531).jpg?w=1)
WALTON, Brian (1600-61) -- Bibliotheca Waltoniana, sive Catalogus librorum (in omni arte & lingua) rarissimorum ... horum auction habebitur Londini 30 die Aprilis in aedibus Sam. Carr. [London]: distributed gratis at Sam. Carr's house, 1683. 4° (232 x 186mm). Uncut. (Browned, tiny burn hole in one leaf, small paper flaw affecting a few letters.) Provenance: a few early annotations -- Bibliotheca Lindesiana (bookplate) -- Lionel and Philip Robinson (label recording gift to:) -- The Grolier Club, New York (deaccession stamp).
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WALTON, Brian (1600-61) -- Bibliotheca Waltoniana, sive Catalogus librorum (in omni arte & lingua) rarissimorum ... horum auction habebitur Londini 30 die Aprilis in aedibus Sam. Carr. [London]: distributed gratis at Sam. Carr's house, 1683. 4° (232 x 186mm). Uncut. (Browned, tiny burn hole in one leaf, small paper flaw affecting a few letters.) Provenance: a few early annotations -- Bibliotheca Lindesiana (bookplate) -- Lionel and Philip Robinson (label recording gift to:) -- The Grolier Club, New York (deaccession stamp).
Brian Walton, Bishop of Chester, was an outspoken and often controversial clerical figure. He oversaw the publication of the polyglot Bible (1654-57), which was highly regarded in the 17th and 18th centuries; his own copy features in the catalogue as lot 2. This sale catalogue, which bears witness to the intellectual influences on him and wide-ranging nature of his studies, includes a large collection of manuscripts in 'eastern' languages. Munby & Coral, p. 4; Wing (2nd ed.) W-656.
Brian Walton, Bishop of Chester, was an outspoken and often controversial clerical figure. He oversaw the publication of the polyglot Bible (1654-57), which was highly regarded in the 17th and 18th centuries; his own copy features in the catalogue as lot 2. This sale catalogue, which bears witness to the intellectual influences on him and wide-ranging nature of his studies, includes a large collection of manuscripts in 'eastern' languages. Munby & Coral, p. 4; Wing (2nd ed.) W-656.