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The History of King Richard the Third. MORE (Sir Thomas).
"ENGLAND'S EARLIEST FEMALE BIBLIOPHILE"
A New Edition, Revised and Corrected.
Engraved frontispiece portrait and plate on india paper, woodcut vignette on p.144 and publisher's device at end.
8vo. Large Paper Copy. [259 x 161 x 24 mm]. xiv, [ii], 241, [3] pp. Bound in the original Roxburghe-style glazed red boards, rebacked in green goatskin, new front endleaves, uncut edges.
Chiswick: from the press of C. Whittingham, College House; for R. Triphook, Old Bond Street, London, 1821
Originally published in 1557, this edition was edited by Samuel Weller Singer. Lowndes notes that there were 25 large paper copies, of which this must surely be one. There is a little light foxing, but it is a very good copy. The front endleaves appear to have been renewed but retain the bookplate of Frances Mary Richardson Currer, which is repeated on the front cover. With the booklabel of John Porter.
Frances Mary Richardson Currer (1785-1861) of Eshton Hall, near Gargrave, in the West Riding of Yorkshire has claim to be "England's earliest female bibliophile" (Seymour De Ricci). In 1815 Mrs Dorothy Richardson wrote: "She is in possession of both the Richardson and Currer estates and inherits all the taste of the former family, having collected a very large and valuable library, and also possessing a fine collection of prints, shells, and fossils, in addition to what were collected by her great grand-father and great-uncle". Dibdin considered that Currer's collection placed her "at the head of all female collectors in Europe" and that her country house library was, in its day, surpassed only by those of Earl Spencer, the Duke of Devonshire and the Duke of Buckingham. Although "collected with a view to utility ... the books individually are in the finest condition, and not a few of them in the richest and most tasteful bindings". Dibdin first estimated the number of volumes at 15,000, and later, 18,000. In 1852 Burke put the number at 20,000. She never married but was especially close to Richard Heber, lending him money when times were difficult. She died at Eshton Hall in 1861 and the estate passed to her half-brother, Rev. Henry Currer Wilson. A major part of the library was sold at Sotheby in 1862, raising nearly £6000. A second sale of books in 1916 raised more than £3700, and the remainder were sold in 1979 and 1994.
Stock no. ebc8694
"ENGLAND'S EARLIEST FEMALE BIBLIOPHILE"
A New Edition, Revised and Corrected.
Engraved frontispiece portrait and plate on india paper, woodcut vignette on p.144 and publisher's device at end.
8vo. Large Paper Copy. [259 x 161 x 24 mm]. xiv, [ii], 241, [3] pp. Bound in the original Roxburghe-style glazed red boards, rebacked in green goatskin, new front endleaves, uncut edges.
Chiswick: from the press of C. Whittingham, College House; for R. Triphook, Old Bond Street, London, 1821
Originally published in 1557, this edition was edited by Samuel Weller Singer. Lowndes notes that there were 25 large paper copies, of which this must surely be one. There is a little light foxing, but it is a very good copy. The front endleaves appear to have been renewed but retain the bookplate of Frances Mary Richardson Currer, which is repeated on the front cover. With the booklabel of John Porter.
Frances Mary Richardson Currer (1785-1861) of Eshton Hall, near Gargrave, in the West Riding of Yorkshire has claim to be "England's earliest female bibliophile" (Seymour De Ricci). In 1815 Mrs Dorothy Richardson wrote: "She is in possession of both the Richardson and Currer estates and inherits all the taste of the former family, having collected a very large and valuable library, and also possessing a fine collection of prints, shells, and fossils, in addition to what were collected by her great grand-father and great-uncle". Dibdin considered that Currer's collection placed her "at the head of all female collectors in Europe" and that her country house library was, in its day, surpassed only by those of Earl Spencer, the Duke of Devonshire and the Duke of Buckingham. Although "collected with a view to utility ... the books individually are in the finest condition, and not a few of them in the richest and most tasteful bindings". Dibdin first estimated the number of volumes at 15,000, and later, 18,000. In 1852 Burke put the number at 20,000. She never married but was especially close to Richard Heber, lending him money when times were difficult. She died at Eshton Hall in 1861 and the estate passed to her half-brother, Rev. Henry Currer Wilson. A major part of the library was sold at Sotheby in 1862, raising nearly £6000. A second sale of books in 1916 raised more than £3700, and the remainder were sold in 1979 and 1994.
Stock no. ebc8694
"ENGLAND'S EARLIEST FEMALE BIBLIOPHILE"
A New Edition, Revised and Corrected.
Engraved frontispiece portrait and plate on india paper, woodcut vignette on p.144 and publisher's device at end.
8vo. Large Paper Copy. [259 x 161 x 24 mm]. xiv, [ii], 241, [3] pp. Bound in the original Roxburghe-style glazed red boards, rebacked in green goatskin, new front endleaves, uncut edges.
Chiswick: from the press of C. Whittingham, College House; for R. Triphook, Old Bond Street, London, 1821
Originally published in 1557, this edition was edited by Samuel Weller Singer. Lowndes notes that there were 25 large paper copies, of which this must surely be one. There is a little light foxing, but it is a very good copy. The front endleaves appear to have been renewed but retain the bookplate of Frances Mary Richardson Currer, which is repeated on the front cover. With the booklabel of John Porter.
Frances Mary Richardson Currer (1785-1861) of Eshton Hall, near Gargrave, in the West Riding of Yorkshire has claim to be "England's earliest female bibliophile" (Seymour De Ricci). In 1815 Mrs Dorothy Richardson wrote: "She is in possession of both the Richardson and Currer estates and inherits all the taste of the former family, having collected a very large and valuable library, and also possessing a fine collection of prints, shells, and fossils, in addition to what were collected by her great grand-father and great-uncle". Dibdin considered that Currer's collection placed her "at the head of all female collectors in Europe" and that her country house library was, in its day, surpassed only by those of Earl Spencer, the Duke of Devonshire and the Duke of Buckingham. Although "collected with a view to utility ... the books individually are in the finest condition, and not a few of them in the richest and most tasteful bindings". Dibdin first estimated the number of volumes at 15,000, and later, 18,000. In 1852 Burke put the number at 20,000. She never married but was especially close to Richard Heber, lending him money when times were difficult. She died at Eshton Hall in 1861 and the estate passed to her half-brother, Rev. Henry Currer Wilson. A major part of the library was sold at Sotheby in 1862, raising nearly £6000. A second sale of books in 1916 raised more than £3700, and the remainder were sold in 1979 and 1994.
Stock no. ebc8694