Baker, Samuel (c. 1711-1778) Bibliotheca Rawlinsoniana

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Baker, Samuel (c. 1711-1778) Bibliotheca Rawlinsoniana. [London]: Catalogi venundantur apud plurimos Londini Bibliopolas unius Solidi pretio, 1756.
First edition, octavo, printed by William Bowyer, one of 750 copies printed, ruled in red throughout, with prices realized and other auction notes, including totals for each sale day, and a total for the entire sale; contemporary speckled full calf, boards with gilt border, marbled endleaves; with the bookplate of the Society of Writers to His Majesty's Signet, a Scottish legal organization, pasted inside the front board; nicely rebacked, the original label replaced, 5 x 8 in.
Baker auctioned 9,405 lots of books over fifty sale days, from March 29, 1756, to May 25, 1756, working six days a week. This title was last offered at auction in 1984.
Estimate $800-1,200

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