Phillipps Studies No. 5. The Disposal of The Phillipps Library.
by A.N.L. Munby. Fellow and Librarian, King's College, Cambridge.
Published by the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press 1960.
Book: 8vo (214 x 135mm). Original blue cloth gilt; with printed d/w; pp. xi + 204, 3 half-tone plates. Spine of d/w toned.
In this last volume of the series, Mr Munby tells the story of Sir Thomas Phillipps's attempts to bequeath his library to various bodies and to the nation; and its events to bequest on trust to his daughter. The Library was then broken up and sold in lots; and this sale was one of the most important in bookselling history.
[Ref: 10361] £45.00
Published by the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press 1960.
Book: 8vo (214 x 135mm). Original blue cloth gilt; with printed d/w; pp. xi + 204, 3 half-tone plates. Spine of d/w toned.
In this last volume of the series, Mr Munby tells the story of Sir Thomas Phillipps's attempts to bequeath his library to various bodies and to the nation; and its events to bequest on trust to his daughter. The Library was then broken up and sold in lots; and this sale was one of the most important in bookselling history.
[Ref: 10361] £45.00