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A.L.s. from Robert Montgomery to Mr. Carpenter
Montgomery, Robert
A letter from Robt. Montgomery to Mr. Carpenter, New Bond Street, London, Bookseller. The letter, dated 30 August 1800, mentions that the writer is "just setting out for York" and expresses his obligation to Carpenter for "the trouble you have been at." The Exeter Working Papers in Book History list a James Carpenter, bookseller and bookbinder, at 14 Old Bond Street, 1799-1835. Over time, James Carpenter had partnered with various relatives and others. His business dealt mainly with art publications, having a large collection of painting. Carpenter's son William Hookham Carpenter became keeper of prints at the British Museum (DNB III:1077-8). Tanned and lightly stained. Copy of biography in Exeter Working papers laid in.
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[COLLECTION OF CATALOGUES].
by Nijhoff, Martinus
Over forty catalogues from the Dutch subscription agent and book dealer Martinus Nijhoff, produced over a fifty year period. Martinus Nijhoff was founded in The Hague in 1853. It began as a small shop specializing in rare books and broadened in the ensuing years to include supplying and procuring books for academic libraries. Catalogues are printed in either Dutch, English, German or French. With special issues devoted to industrial art and architecture, Netherlandish history, and Dutch East India, among other topics. Two catalogues were specially printed for Mr. W. Nijhoff's sales trip to the U.S. in the 1930s. Martinus Nijhoff remains in business, though it is now owned by Brill Academic Publishers.
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