9781108065849 - Bibliotheca Askeviana: Sive, Catalogus Librorum Rarissimorum Antonii Askew, M.D. (Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries) von ... (3 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. Reissued here together, the 1775 and 1785 sale catalogues for Anthony Askew's extensive library, with annotations about prices and purchasers. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320. . 2014. Annotated. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The library of the physician Anthony Askew (1722-72) was outstanding in both printed books and manuscripts. He may have failed in his ambition to secure a complete collection of every printed edition of the Greek classics, but he did amass a classical library which remained unsurpassed until Spencer. Although he was later accused of plagiarism, virtually every edition of Aeschylus down to the 1850s cited 'Askew's collations'. He also secured Richard Mead's fine collection of Latin and Greek manuscripts, alongside other early classical codices from the Maffei library. The dispersal of Askew's collection in two sales, ten years apart, attracted international interest. Bidders at the 1775 book sale included George III, while the manuscript sale in 1785 led to acquisitions by the British Museum, the Bodleian and Cambridge University Library. Now reissued together, the sale catalogues have been annotated here by auction attendees who recorded prices and some purchaser details.