Auction: Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs

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Lyon & Turnbull is delighted to present our Thursday 21 September 2023 auction of Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs.

About Auction: Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs

Listed Under Shopping Events / Books Events / Photography Events

Our forthcoming auction features a selection of important autograph letters by figures including Charles Babbage, Oliver Cromwell and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, a partially complete copy of Shakespeare’s Fourth Folio, a first edition of The Hobbit, a single-owner collection of books on gunnery and field sports, an extensive collection of original prints from John Gould’s Birds of Great Britain, and a book from the library of Adam Smith.

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Thursday 21 September
From 10am
View the catalogue: https://bit.ly/3PqhRQJ
cathy.marsden@lyonandturnbull.com

Auction viewing will take place at our Rare Books department in the Canonmills area of Edinburgh.

VIEWING TIMES
Monday 18 September, 10am to 4pm
Tuesday 19 September, 10am to 4pm
Wednesday 20 September, 10am to 4pm
Day of sale from 9am
BROADSIDE, 2 POWDERHALL ROAD, EDINBURGH EH7 4GB

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