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mei/00206396 Auct. 1Q 7.25.
[00206396]
Oxford, Bodleian Library (GB)
: Auct. 1Q 7.25.
ISTC No.is00275000
AuthorSavonarola, Hieronymus
TitleTriumphus crucis seu de veritate fidei [Italian] Della verità della fede cristiana sopra el glorioso triompho della croce
Imprint[Florence : Bartolommeo di Libri, after Aug. 1497]
Provenance nameStewart, Charles J. (1799-1883), 1799 - 1883 worked for various booksellers before setting up on his own at 11 King William Street, Strand, London 1837-82; sold his stock in 1882 for £4000 or £5000; also catalogued various collections, including the library of the Marquess of Salisbury at Hatfield House; see Boase III 750; Philip A. H. Brown, London Publishers and Printers: A Tentative List c.1800-1870 (London, 1961), 90; he was also used by the Bodleian as an agent at auctions (1860-81; see Correspondence from Booksellers. C. J. Stewart 1860-1881, Library Records d. 538).
Provenance nameStewart, Charles J. (1799-1883), 1799 - 1883 worked for various booksellers before setting up on his own at 11 King William Street, Strand, London 1837-82; sold his stock in 1882 for £4000 or £5000; also catalogued various collections, including the library of the Marquess of Salisbury at Hatfield House; see Boase III 750; Philip A. H. Brown, London Publishers and Printers: A Tentative List c.1800-1870 (London, 1961), 90; he was also used by the Bodleian as an agent at auctions (1860-81; see Correspondence from Booksellers. C. J. Stewart 1860-1881, Library Records d. 538).