Item forms a comprehensive list of the British Museum, Department of Printed Books collection of catalogues of books sales and auctions held between 1676, the first time books were sold at aution in England, until the end of the ninteenth century.

Excerpt from Catalogue of the First Portion of the Famous Library of the Late Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart; F. R. S. &C., Of Middle-Hill, Worcestershire, and Thirlestaine House, Cheltenham: Including a Complete Set of the Publications Privately Printed by Him at Middle-Hill This noted work contains valuable information on the com merce and richness of the Provinces of Zoques and Gua temala. The author appears to have been a believer in witchcraft and sorcery, and admits into his work many curious relations on those subjects. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.