Sale Catalogue of the Bullock Museum 1819: A Facsimile Reprint with Manuscript Prices and Buyers Names. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.Sale Catalogue of the Bullock Museum 1819: A Facsimile Reprint with Manuscript Prices and Buyers Names

vi, 164, [10], 22, [4]pp. ith occasional illustrations and one fold-out print reproduction depicting Napoleon's military carriage towards rear. In black cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. 8vo. Neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. In its original white paper dust wrapper, a little bumped at edges. Bullock's Museum was originally founded in Liverpool in 1795 but later moved to London, with at the heart of its collection the items William Bullock - jeweller, goldsmith, naturalist and antiquarian - had gathered during his travellers. Located in the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, - a building which Bullock commissioned in 1812 - over time the Museum exhibited a range of collections and became one of London's premier exhibition spaces. Bullock's collection included works of art, nartural history objects, armour and a range of curiosities from Captain Cook's south sea voyages. This facsimile reproduction of the sale catalogue is extensive - the sale took 26 days - and is annotated with prices realised and buyer's names, and followed by appendices reproducing related documents.…