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A catalogue of the entire and valuable library of Martin Folkes, Esq., president of the Royal Society, and member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, lately deceased : which will be sold by auction by Samuel Baker, at his house in York-Street, Covent Garden. To begin on Monday, February 2, 1756, and to continue for forty days successively (Sundays excepted.).
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Folkes, Martin, 1690-1754.
- Language:
- English
- Multiple languages
- Subjects (All):
- Folkes, Martin, 1690-1754--Library--Catalogs.
- Folkes, Martin.
- Folkes, Martin, 1690-1754.
- Book auctions--England--London--Catalogs.
- Book auctions.
- Rare books--Bibliography.
- Rare books.
- Book catalogs--Early works to 1800.
- Book catalogs.
- England--London.
- Genre:
- Catalogs.
- Auction catalogs -- England -- London -- 18th century.
- Bibliographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Thacher, John Boyd, 1847-1909 (bookplate) (Culture Class Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 4 unnumbered pages, 156 pages ; 21 cm (8vo)
- Fingerprint:
- R.t, enat 5855 5050 (3) 1756 (A)
- Place of Publication:
- [London] : [Samuel Baker], [1756]
- Notes:
- Price from imprint: Price Sixpence.
- Printed by William Bowyer; his records show 1500 copies printed on demy and 50 printed on royal.
- Priced.
- The 5,126 lots were sold for £3,091.
- Library rich in works on natural history, coins, medals, inscriptions and the fine arts.
- Signatures: [A]² B-U⁴ X².
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy has bookplate of John Boyd Thacher.
- Culture Class Collection copy has names and prices written in ms. in the margins.
- Cited in:
- Maslan and Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 3968
- ESTC, T657
- OCLC:
- 5398367
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