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BOLLAND, Sir William (1772-1840) -- Catalogue of the Extensive, Curious and Valuable Library of the Late Hon. Baron Bolland. London, Evans, 18 November, 1840. -- Catalogue of the Choice & Valuable Collection of Coins and Medals . London, S. Leigh Sotheby, 21 April, 1841. -- A Catalogue of the Collection of Engravings, Books of Prints, and a few Drawings. London, Christie & Manson, 3 July, 1840. -- A Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures, by Italian, Dutch, and English Masters. London, Christie & Manson, 4 July 1840. Together 4 volumes in one, 8 o (218 x 139 mm). Contemporary half red morocco, top edge gilt (rubbing to spine ends and edges). Provenance : Johannes Barnard (bookplate); Alan G. Thomas (bookplate). PRICED WITH BUYERS' NAMES in a contemporary hand in the Christie's picture catalogue. Sir William Bolland, Baron of the Exchequer, "a friend of Dibdin, who calls him 'Hortensius'" (de Ricci). In the Bibliographical Decameron . The Roxburghe Club was founded in Bolland's house, Adelphi Terrace in 1812. A unique copy, with an additional calligraphic title for all for sales, an ink drawing of Bolland's coat-of-arms, and a 12 page of neatly mounted contemporary newspaper articles about Bolland and the sale. De Ricci, p.107.