Lot 448
Lot 448
The Library of Samuel L.M. Barlow

Presentation copy, 1885

Price Realised USD 2,520
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The Library of Samuel L.M. Barlow

Presentation copy, 1885

Price Realised USD 2,520
Price Realised USD 2,520
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WRIGHT, James Osborne, compiler. A Rough List designed as the Basis of a more Complete Catalogue of the Library of Samuel L.M. Barlow. Americana 1477-1799. New York: [privately printed], 1885.

Presentation copy for Henry Stevens, large-paper, limited edition. This is no. 80 of 100 copies, inscribed on the colophon by the collector: "Henry Stevens Esq. / from / Samuel L.M. Barlow." A wonderful item linking these important names in Americana.

Quarto. Original half roan (wear to spine and corners, a little foxing to endpapers). Provenance: Henry Stevens, 1819-1886, American bibliographer (presentation inscription from collector Samuel Barlow, 1826-1889).
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