(AUCTION CATALOGUE: NORTH, John).

A Catalogue of the Curious and Extensive Library of the late John North, Esq., removed from his residence East Acton. Part the First [Part the Second & Third]...

sold by auction, by Mr. Evans. 1 p.l., 58 pp., one leaf of ads; 1 p.l., 89 pp., one leaf of ads; 1p.l., 38 pp. Three parts in one vol. 8vo, cont. diced russia (upper hinge a little cracked but strong), single gilt fillet round sides, spine gilt. [London]: 1819. [bound with]:—. Catalogue of the Valuable Collection of Prints and Drawings of the late John North, Esq. of East Acton… sold by auction, by Mr. Evans… 1 p.l., 63, [1] pp. [London, 1820]. A complete set of the rare sale catalogues of the book and print collections of John North from East Acton, Middlesex, who collected a fine library, ”at very considerable expense”–W. Clarke, Repertorium Bibliographicum, p. 325. This is a handsome set, ruled in red and priced with buyers’ names throughout. North bought at all the great early 19th-century London sales, especially at the James Edward sale of 1815. The 4514 lots of books realized nearly 13,000 pounds, while the prints and drawings in 939 lots brought 1414 pounds. The collection was especially strong in 16th- and early 17th-century English poetry and drama, containing a number of books thought to be unique or extant in only a few copies. There was also English topography, art and architecture, voyages, and natural history, many on large paper or with additional drawings. North had a fine collection of book and sale catalogues, among them Dibdin’s copy of the Roxburghe sale catalogue of 1812 (lot 544) which was bought by Lord Granville for 8.8 pounds against Dibdin himself (see Dibdin, Reminiscences of a Literary Life, 1836, Vol. I, p. 366). North also owned Dibdin’s unique copy of his Bibliographical Decameron (London, 1817), on large paper, with original drawings, plates in various states, and proofs (lot 804), which Dibdin succeeded in buying back for 135 pounds. ❧ De Ricci, p. 94.

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