A Catalogue of Ancient & Modern Books, recently purchased, including some curious articles on alchymy and astrology, desirable medical works, and some interesting books on painting, now on sale at the affixed prices, for ready money only, No. 2 / by B. J. Waight, 265, High Holborn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waight, Brownlow John, author.

Contributor:

Waight, Brownlow John, bookseller.

Norman, George, printer.

Miscellaneous Print Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Waight, Brownlow John--Catalogs.

Waight, Brownlow John.

Booksellers' catalogs--Great Britain--Specimens.

Booksellers' catalogs.

Antiquarian booksellers--England--London--Catalogs.

Antiquarian booksellers.

Booksellers and bookselling--England--London.

Booksellers and bookselling.

Genre:

Sales catalogs.

Booksellers' catalogs.

Booksellers' advertisements.

Physical Description:

16 pages ; 22 cm

Manufacture:

[London] : G. Norman, Printer, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, 1840.

Other Title:

B. J. Waight's Catalogue, 265, High Holborn

Place of Publication:

[London] : B. J. Waight, 265, High Holborn, 1840.

Notes:

"This catalogue by B. J. Waight appears to be a unique repository of significant information on books and writers in the fields of early alchemy, early astrology, and, to a lesser extant, other adjunct fields. Here (and apparently otherwise undocumented) are books from the libraries of the major seventeenth-century alchemist George Starkey (1628-1665); the influential early astrologer and mathematician Henry Coley (1633-1704); and the legendary murderer Eugene Aram (1704-1759), to name a few."--Vendor's description.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2018 from John Price Antiquarian Books.

OCLC:

1131862960