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Order Nr. 55498 DAVID STEUART ESQUIRE, AN EDINBURGH COLLECTOR. THE 1801 SALE CATALOGUE OF PART OF...
(Steuart, David).

DAVID STEUART ESQUIRE, AN EDINBURGH COLLECTOR. THE 1801 SALE CATALOGUE OF PART OF HIS LIBRARY REPRODUCED FROM THE UNIQUE COPY IN NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY WITH AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY.

Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh Bibliographical Society in association with The National Library of Scotland, 1993. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 90 pages. First edition. The library of David Steuart, Edinburgh banker and businessman, was described by a contemporary as "the most uncommon, and certainly the MOST VALUABLE PRIVATE LIBRARY EVER brought to the hammer on this side of the Tweed." But few historians of the book know about Steuart. This facsimile of the only known copy of..... READ MORE

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Preface                                                     7

The Most Valuable Private Library
Ever Brought to the Hammer on this Side
the Tweed                                                  11

Catalogue of a Small but Very Select

Collection of Books                                        41

Appendix 1                                                 85
Appendix 2                                                 86
Appendix 3                                                 87
Appendix 4                                                 88