Melchior de Polignac, Cardinal, Anti-Lucretius (Paris, 1747)
Arch. H e. 8
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Melchior de Polignac, Cardinal, Anti-Lucretius (Paris, 1747)
Shelfmark
Arch. H e. 8
Date
1747
Language
Latin
Physical facet
Binding: dark blue calf, gilt
Physical extent
1 volume
Custodial history
A copy in Fonthill sale (Phillips, 23 Sept. and 16 Oct. 1823), lot 2239; Beckford no. 2848; HP III, lot 872; bookplate of Peter Hall; Sotheby's, 25 June 1827 (Peter Hall sale), lot 1003; Sotheby's, 3 May 1894 (Hugh Galbraith Reid sale), lot 3045; Tregaskis, Caxton Head catalogue 300 (March 1895), item 704; bookplate of H.J.B. Clements; Sotheby's, 4 July 1966 (Clements sale), lot 246.
Acquisition
Bequeathed by Boyd Alexander.
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Collection contents
Books from Beckford's library in the Bodleian
Melchior de Polignac, Cardinal, Anti-Lucretius (Paris, 1747)
