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(AUCTION CATALOGUE: MEAD, R.).

Bibliotheca Meadiana, sive Catalogus Librorum Richardi Mead, M.D.

qui prostabunt Venales sub Hasta, apud Samuelem Baker...Die Lunae, 18vo. Novembris, M.DCC.LIV. Iterumque Die Lunae, 7mo. Aprilis, M.DCC.LV. 2 p.l., 242 pp. 8vo, antique half-calf & marbled boards, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. [London]: 1754-55. The famous auction catalogue of the library of Dr. Richard Mead (1673-1754), friend of Newton, Pope, and Bentley, who was not only a celebrated physician but also a noted bibliophile (a distinguished tradition followed by Osler and Cushing in this country). His enormous collection of over 100,000 volumes, particularly rich in early editions of the classics and medical books (and including early MSS.) took 58 days to sell and even attracted interest in France (De Boze was a buyer at this sale). This sale marked the beginning of a dramatic rise in prices for old books during the 18th century in England. A very good copy. ❧ De Ricci, p. 47. Osler 3369. Pollard & Ehrman, p. 248 & number 253.

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