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Complete in twelve parts; 4to, blue cloth with illustration plate-sunk on upper covers, gilt titles. Each volume profusely illustrated, covering a total of 4,299 lots. Part One: Natural History, 16 Mar 2004 (146 pp.); Part Two: Science, A-C, 10 Jun 2004 (355 pp.); Part Three: Western Manuscripts, 22 Jun 2004 (87 pp.); Part Four: Science, D-H, 4 Nov 2004; Part Five: Science, I-O, 14 Apr 2005 (339 pp.); Part Six: Science, P-Z, 25-26 Oct 2005; Part Seven: Bibles, 1477-1739, 11 Apr 2006 (189 pp.); Part Eight: Theology, Philosophy, Law and Economics, 25-26 Oct 2006 (411 pp.); Part Nine: Voyages, Travel & Atlases, 15 Mar 2007 (301 pp.); Part Ten: Applied Arts and Sciences, including Military & Naval Books, 30 Oct 2007 (404 pp.); Part Eleven: English Books & Manuscripts, 23 Mar 2008 (344 pp.); and Part Twelve: Continental Books & Manuscripts, 2 Oct 2008 (412 pp.). Formed by the first and second earls of Macclesfield in the early eighteenth century, their library at Shirburn Castle, Oxfordshire, was one of the greatest to appear at auction in the last 100 years or so. Its breadth and scope are truly impressive, and the collection had remained virtually untouched, in situ, since about 1750. Robert S Pirie s set, with a few ink annotations in the margins. Robert S Pirie Reference Library on the front pastedowns. An overall fine set (a couple of light corner bumps and some spines on the heavier volumes leaning a bit). Seller Inventory # 1673
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