A catalogue of the genuine and curious collection of Roman and Egyptian antiquities, mummies, urns, lamps, figures, Etruscan vases, and other effects, of Ebenezer Mussell ... : which ... will be sold by auction, by Mr. Langford and Son, at their house in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden, on Wednesday and Thursday the 5th and 6th of this instant June 1765.
Contributor(s): Mendes da Costa, Emanuel
| Langford and Son [auctioneer.]
Publisher: [London : [Mr. Langford & Son, 1765].Description: 12 pages, [20] pages ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeSubject(s): Mussell, Ebenezer -- Archaeological collectionsOwnership: Handwritten note on title page "This catalogue was made by me, Emanuel Mendes da Costa"
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British Museum | Britain Europe and Prehistory | Rare | BEP RARE 186 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 10010316 | |||
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British Museum | Egypt and Sudan | Upper Egypt | LF.LAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 54063000181365 |
AES copy is an annotated photocopy, with ms note: "This catalogue was made by me, Emanuel Mendes da Costa".
Original of the AES copy held at the P&E Department.
Title page plus pp. 3 to 12 (no evidence of missing pages), page 3 being first page of text and page 12 being end; perhaps half-title lacking UkLoBM -PY
Handwritten notes on blanks between printed pages showing for each lot an amount and a name (presumably sale price and purchaser) and in respect of about 30 lots further information; also, on the blank following the fep and on the blanks following p. 12 there are handwritten notes with information relating to items in the sale UkLoBM -PY
Handwritten note on title page "This catalogue was made by me, Emanuel Mendes da Costa" UkLoBM
Marbled boards with vellum spine, looks to be contemporary. Contained in modern archival case