Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of, 1797-1861
Title:
Catalogue of the important collection of manuscripts from Stowe : which will be sold by auction by S. Leigh Sotheby ... on Monday, 11th of June, 1849, and seven following days ...
Published / Created:
[London] : J. Davy & Sons, printers, [1849]
Physical Description:
xl, 252 p. [2] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Collection formed by George Temple Nugent Grenville, marquess of Buckingham, beginning in 1804, from various sources (Thomas Astle's collection, Charles O'Conor's Irish Manuscripts, the Essex papers and manuscripts). Extended by Richard, 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, and sold in 1849 by Richard, the 2nd duke, to Bertram, Early of Ashburnham.
Subject Terms:
Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of, 1797-1861 -- Library -- Catalogs. | Stowe House (Buckinghamshire, England) -- Library. | S. Leigh Sotheby & Co. -- Catalogs. | Manuscripts, English -- England -- Stowe -- Catalogs. | Great Britain -- History -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs. | Great Britain -- History -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Catalogs. | Booksellers catalogs. | Beaufoy, Henry B.H. -- Bookplate. | J. Davy & Sons -- Printer. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1849.
Form/Genre:
Auction catalogs -- 1849 06 11. | Auction catalogs -- 1849. | Binders' stamps (Binding)
Contributors:
Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of, 1797-1861. | S. Leigh Sotheby & Co., auctioneer. | Smith, Charles John, 1803-1838, engraver. | Mackenzie, binder.