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TURNER, Robert Samuel (1818-1887) – Bibliotheca Turneriana. Catalogue of the First (–Second and Final) Portion of the Library. London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 18 June 1888-8 December 1888. Two parts in one volume, large 8° (250 x 150 mm). Modern half calf, original wrappers bound in.
PRICED IN A CONTEMPORARY HAND. Turner was ‘an extremely refined collector of the Beckford type, a great connoisseur of French, Italian, and Spanish books’ (De Ricci). A portion of Turner's collection of rare French books was sold in Paris (12 March 1878). Blogie III, col. 46 (Part 1 only).
PRICED IN A CONTEMPORARY HAND. Turner was ‘an extremely refined collector of the Beckford type, a great connoisseur of French, Italian, and Spanish books’ (De Ricci). A portion of Turner's collection of rare French books was sold in Paris (12 March 1878). Blogie III, col. 46 (Part 1 only).
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