Author: 1914 VI 25 LONDON, Earl of Pembroke, Wilton House :
Title: Book Auction Sale Catalogue. London, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. Catalogue of a selected portion of the renowned library at Wilton House Salisbury, the property of the right hon. the Earl of Pembroke.
Description: 2. London, 1914, In-4°, 25 x 19 cm, iv pp + 8 b.w. plates h.t. + 72 pp 211 lots, sewn, orig. wrappers. (wrapper foxed, with pencil annotations, tear in back). Very important collection of incunables. Lot 125 is ''The historyes of Troye'' printed in Bruges (Brugge Flanders) ca. 1472 by W.Caxton. This is the first book in the English language. .

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