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White Knights Library. : Catalogue of that distinguished and celebrated library, containing numerous very fine and rare specimens from the presses of Caxton, Pyson, and Wynkyn de Worde, &c. An unrivalled collection of Italian, Spanish and French romances of chivalry, poetry, and facetiae. An unique assemblage of books of emblems, and books ornamented with wood cuts. Very fine botanical works with original drawings. And a selection of rare, curious, and splendid articles in every department of literature. Part I[-II]. Which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Evans
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"Unique and Excessively Rare Books from the 1640 Catalogue,"
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These are likely George Cole's personal notes about the Huntington collections, comprised of lists of a variety of holdings of the library, and acquisitions made by the Huntington between 1915 and 1924. It includes Cole's notes regarding variations within different printings of various texts (for example, differences in two copies of Bacon's "Wisdom of the Ancients" both from the same year, with different typeset), as well as listings of famous first editions, incunabula, Shakespeare quartos, and historical papers in the Huntington collection; lists of holdings in other libraries; lists of items sent to galleries, exhibits, or for exchange or sale; physical descriptions and comparisons of texts; biographical histories of certain authors; and lists of things not in the Huntington's collection. Additionally, it also includes some material on bibliography, and a cataloging guide from 1920 of HEHL cataloging practice. Most of the material is undated.
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Catalogue librorum qui in bibliotheca Blandfordiensi, reperiuntur
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"The Cataloguing of Rare Books in the Henry E. Huntington Library," by George Watson Cole
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Sent by Cole to Mr. Henry Farr de Puy, with compliments. Reprint from 1922.
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