LOT 4170
2nd April 2025
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LOT 4170
MANUSCRIPT. – William IVORY. [A manuscript catalogue for William Ivory’s library at St. Roque House, Edinburgh. N.p.: circa 1862.] 474pp., manuscript, 8vo (313 x 183mm.) 211 leaves listing book titles and authors in a single legible hand on pre-ruled paper, recto only, several leaves with annotations verso, 26 leaves blank. (Spotting to first and last leaves.) 18th century calf, t.e.g. (rebacked, extremities rubbed). Note: William Ivory was a lawyer and member of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. He was known for organising plant-finding expeditions and the catalogue contains several pages devoted to botanical books.
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