James Bindley Copy
The British Librarian; Exhibiting a Compendious Review or Abstract of Our Most Scarce, Useful, and Valuable Books in All Sciences, as Well in Manuscript as in Print: with many Characters, historical and critical, of the Authors, their Antagonists, &c. In a Manner never before attempted, and useful to all Readers.
London: Printed for T. Osborne, in Gray's-Inn, 1738.
Price: $850.00
About the item
First Edition, with index. [ii], vii [viii, contents], 402 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. James Bindley Copy. Contemporary vellum, brown leather title label. Bookplate of James Bindley Esq. M.A. F.S.A. with a note in his hand "# Mem: No more of thgis Work ws ever Published, than the six Numbers contained in this Volume. J.B. 1775."
Item #262101
Oldys who became the librarian to the Earl of Oxford
Jmaes Bindley (1737-1818), son of a distiller, educated at Charterhouse and Peterhouse, Cambrdge was a famous collector of rare books. His sales at Evans of Pall mall brought £20000 between 1818-1821.
