Catalogue of the Library, Engravings, Oil Paintings and Musical Instruments Belonging to the Late Richard Grant White, Esq. of New York
by White, Richard Grant
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About This Item
New York: Bangs & Company, 1885. 8vo. 240 x 150 mm., [9 ½ x 6 inches]. 201 pp. 2057 lots plus 20 lots of instruments. Original coated paper printed wrappers; spine chipped with 2-inch piece missing from top of spine and chip at bottom; edges of paper stock a bit fragile; wrappers dust soiled; otherwise a sound and not unattractive copy. A man of literary tastes, Richard Grant White was involved in almost every aspect of book publishing, authorship, book design and criticism in New York during the post-Civil War period. His auction sale reflects his eclectic tastes and is filled not only with the history of language, grammar, and orthography which were essential for his research and writing, but also literature in its broadest sense. He had a considerable collection of Shakespeare works and the publications of the Bard's contemporaries. He collected editions of many of the most influential French and English authors, and good collection of books on theater and drama in general. McKay, American Book Auction Catalogues, 3250. Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography, VI, p. 474.
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- De Simone Company, Booksellers (US)
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- Title
- Catalogue of the Library, Engravings, Oil Paintings and Musical Instruments Belonging to the Late Richard Grant White, Esq. of New York
- Author
- White, Richard Grant
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bangs & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1885
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De Simone Company is presently offering rare books, manuscripts, illustrated books, broadsides, and ephemera documenting American history during the 19th century. We encourage you to visit our website where you will find numerous catalogues listing our offering. Visit www.desimonecompanybooksellers.com.De Simone Company also specializes in early Italian books and manuscripts, mostly in the fields of social science, history, antiquarian bibliography and illustrated books. The Company has a particular interest in books, manuscripts, ephemera printed in, or about, the history of Ferrara, Italy and is always interested in purchasing book on the subject.In January of 2017, Daniel De Simone retired from the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D. C as the Eric Weinmann Librarian, where he directed the operations of the Central Library. De Simone came to the Folger from the Library of Congress after serving as the Curator of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division for 14 years.Before his appointment as Rosenwald Curator in 2000, he operated his own New York based bookselling business for 22 years. Since retirement he has begun bookselling once again and is again a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. He is also a member of the Grolier Club, NY, the Association Internationale de Bibliophile, Paris, and the Print Council of America.
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- Wrappers
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- Spine
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- Edges
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