Sibbald, Sir Robert (1641-1722) Catalogus Bibliothecae Sibbaldianae

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Sibbald, Sir Robert (1641-1722) Catalogus Bibliothecae Sibbaldianae. Edinburgh: Typis Magistri Andreae Symson, 1707.
Quarto, first and only edition, 52 pages, uncut, interleaved with blanks, the first few with contemporary notes: names and monetary amounts; 19th century signatures of Archibald Constable, the Edinburgh bookseller, and David Laing, the Scottish antiquary, on ffep; old blind stamp of the Theological Institute of Connecticut showing very faintly on some leaves, bound in later quarter leather and marbled boards. ESTC lists no U.S. copies, and only three copies in the U.K., Glasgow University, the British Library, and the Bodleian.
This rare book auction catalog lists approximately 2,000 titles from the library of the noted Scottish physician and antiquary, and founding member of the Royal College of Physicians.
Estimate $800-1,200

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