Identity area
Reference code
978B.
Title
Sale catalogue,
Date(s)
- [1888x1926]. (Creation)
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Scope and content
A copy with annotations by J. H. Davies of the sale Catalogue of the library of the late Edward Breese, Esq., FSA of Morva Lodge, Portmadoc, a library which was sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 31 May 1888. The names of the purchasers and the prices paid have been inserted in the margins and there is a reference to [Edwin] Poole's Old Welsh Chips, 1888, p. 231 et seq. Following the catalogue is a list by J. H. Davies of the manuscript items; there is also a similar list in pencil, with (?) cross references to another catalogue (see Cwrtmawr MS 811). The last-mentioned list has now been tipped in, as has a press cutting relating to the sale.
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Language of material
- English
Script of material
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English.
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Note
Preferred citation: 978B.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
vtls005596205
Project identifier
ISYSARCHB55
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Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge (Subject)
- Breese, Edward, 1835-1881 -- Library (Subject)
- Poole, Edwin, 1851-1895 (Subject)
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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales