They exceed one hundred in number , and frequently consist of representations of entire pages from many of the most ... The 11- luminated Books of the Middle Ages ( 1844-1849 ) ; The Coins of Eng- Tand ( 1846 ) ; The Coin - Collector's ...
Author: Samuel J. Rogal
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
ISBN: 0773473793
Category: Private libraries
Page: 508
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volume is the first in a two-volume set which constitutes an edition of the sale catalogue of the private library of Rushton M. Dorman of Chicago, Illinois, a collection numbering 1842 separate items. The book demonstrates book-collecting and reading habits and interests among affluent late 19th-century Americans. In addition, the substance and tone of the comments set down by the original compiler of the catalogue display the marketing methods employed by a major late-19th-century book-auction firm.