[Horace Walpole]: 'A catalogue of the classic contents of St...

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£80 - £120

[Horace Walpole]: 'A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole', London, Smith & Robins, [1842], lithograph portrait frontispiece, additional wood-engraved pictorial title page and 11 wood engraved illustrations in text, xxiv, 250pp, 4to, old half calf gilt, marbled paper covered boards. The auction included over 1,300 lots of books, 300 lots of coins and medals, and a wealth of other material, including bronzes, paintings, furniture and suits of armour; together with Charles W.E. Leigh: 'Catalogue of the Chrities Collection comprising the Printed Books and Manuscripts Bequeathed to the Library of the University of Manchester by the Late Richard Copley Christie, LL.D.', Manchester, at the University Press, 1915, inscription on FFEP "G. Style from W.L. Christie 17 May 1915. This was Hector Christie's copy who died on the 25th of April 1915 at Jervaulx Abbey in his eighty-eighth year.", a/f, lacks pp.71-76, portrait frontis of R.C. Christie and 1 other plate complete, contemporary half morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, printed biographical information on Hector Christie loosely inserted; 'The Hamilton Palace Collection. Illustrated Priced Catalogue.', Paris, Librairie de L'Art; London, Remington & Co, 1882, plates & illustrations throughout, 243pp + xvi pp adverts at end, 4to, original pictorial cloth gilt, bookplate and ownership signature of Albert Brassey, plus a 'Hookham's Library. English Catalogue', circa 1854, and another similar book catalogue 1853 (5)