The Library of the Earl of Macclesfield, removed from Shirburn Castle. Part One - Twelve [complete set]

London: Sotheby's, 2004 12 volumes 4to (27.5 cm), 146, [2] pp; 355, [1] pp; 87, [1] pp; 343, [1] pp; 339, [1] pp; 507, [1] pp; 189, [1] pp; 411, [1] pp; 301, [1] pp; 404, [4] pp; 344, [4] pp; 412, [4] pp. Publisher's cloth with illustration plates on upper covers, gilt-lettered spines and front boards (minor shelf-wear). These auction catalogues document the sale of the library formed by the first and second earls of Macclesfield in the early eighteenth century at Shirburn Castle, Oxfordshire. This library stands as one of the greatest to appear at auction in the last century. Totaling 4,832 lots. Part One: Natural History (16 March 2004); Part Two: Science, A-C (10 June 2004); Part Three: Western Manuscripts (22 June 2004); Part Four: Science, D-H (4 November 2004); Part Five: Science, I-O (14 April 2005); Part Six: Science, P-Z (25-26 October 2005); Part Seven: Bibles, 1477-1739 (11 April 2006); Part Eight: Theology, Philosophy, Law, and Economics (25-26 October 2006); Part Nine: Voyages, Travel & Atlases (15 March 2007); Part Ten: Applied Arts and Sciences, Including Military & Naval Books (30 October 2007); Part Eleven: English Books & Manuscripts (23 March 2008); Part Twelve: Continental Books & Manuscripts (2 October 2008).