(27 cm), 214 (14) pp., illustrations (most in colour, some folding). 93 lots. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - Books from the library of Beriah Botfield (1807-1863) had been offered (anonymously) by Christie’s, as “Highly important printed books, manuscripts and bindings”, London, 23 June 1993 (252 lots). A further sale was conducted by Christie’s on 13 June 2002, “Printed books and manuscripts from Beriah Botfield’s library at Longleat” (216 lots). ¶ Annotated copy, partly priced.

(30 cm), 315 (1) pp., illustrations (most in colour). 216 lots. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - “The Virgil [lot 4], written by Antonio de’ Toffi and illuminated by Francesco del Chierico, as fine a humanistic manuscript as any sold in the last fifty years, made £1,200,000, and might well have gone for more… The plate books were dominated by a single buyer, reputed to be the same Middle Eastern buyer who has swept all before him on previous occasions” (from a saleroom report in The Book Collector, Autumn 2002, pp.440-441). ¶ Annotated copy, partly priced. No Price list.