Bibliotheca Croftsiana. A Catalogue of the Curious and Distinguished Library of the late Reverend and...
xvi, 420 pp. 8vo, cont. diced russia, double gilt fillet round sides, spine gilt, orig. red morocco lettering piece on spine. [London: 1783].
A very handsome copy. This was a grand library of 8360 lots, notable for its Italian books, which De Ricci considered “the finest library of old Italian books yet seen in England; his sale (7 April 1783) also contained a number of fine French chivalry-romances” (p. 56). Crofts (1722-81), also had much fine early music, Spanish novels, Scandinavica, Polonica, and Eastern travel.
Fine crisp copy.
❧ Gustave Brunet, Dictionnaire de Bibliologie Catholique, col. 562. Taylor, Book Catalogues... More