Author: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. FORSTER (Henry Rumsey)
Title: The Stowe Catalogue Priced and Annotated.
Description: London: David Bogue, 1849. First edition, 4to (260 x 210 mm), xliii, [1], 310, 22 [adverts]pp., includes a 6 page list of subscribers, mezzotint frontispiece of Rembrandt's 'Unmerciful Servant' (foxed), title in red & black, 17 wood-engraved plates, new endpapers, orig. green embossed cloth with a rather amateurish green cloth reback. The post-sale annotated catalogue which was published to commemorate the great event, it includes an historical introduction, notes on the important lots, and prices and names of buyers. Provenance: From the library of Josceline Grove, with bookplate and their typed catalogue description pasted to front endpapers. Holmes, p.239.

Keywords: COUNTRY HOUSE AUCTION CATALOGUE STOWE HOUSE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE