Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. The Reference Library

Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. The Reference Library

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Robert Hoe, 1839-1909

Oscar Albert Bierstadt, The Library of Robert Hoe: A Contribution to the History of Bibliophilism in America … with one hundred and ten illustrations taken from manuscripts and books in the collection, New York, Duprat & Co., 1895, 4to., publisher's blue cloth, number 88 of 350 copies issued


Robert Hoe, 1839-1909

Anderson Galleries, Catalogue of the library of Robert Hoe of New York. Part I: A to K: illuminated manuscripts, incunabula, historical bindings, early English literature, rare Americana, French illustrated books, eighteenth century English authors, autographs, manuscripts, etc., New York, 24-28 April 1911 - - Part I: L to Z, New York, 1-5 May 1911 - - Part II: A-K, New York, 8-12 January 1912 - - Part II: L-Z, New York, 15-19 January 1912 - - Part III: A-K, New York, 15-19 April 1912 - - Part III: L-Z, New York, 22-26 April 1912 - - Part IV: A-K, New York, 11-15 November 1912 - - Part IV, L-Z, New York, 18-22 November 1912


Robert Hoe, 1839-1909

[Robert Hoe], One hundred and seventy-six historic and artistic book-bindings dating from the fifteenth century to the present time pictured by etchings, artotypes, and lithographs after the originals selected from the library of Robert Hoe, New York, Dodd, Mead & company, 1895, 2 vols., large fol., modern 3/4 brown morocco over beige cloth, marbled endpapers. Perforation and stamps of John Crerar Library, with release stamp (ex-Christie's, July 2 1994, lot 522)


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