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An untraced individual described as being ‘of the East India House’ in the advertisement for the [[auction::auction]] of his library in [[location of Auction::London]], beginning [[date of Auction::9 November 1715]]; no catalogue survives.   
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An untraced individual described as being ‘of the East India House’ in the advertisement for the [[auction::auction]] of his library in [[location of auction::London]], beginning [[date of auction::9 November 1715]]; no catalogue survives.   
  
 
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It was ‘a choice collection of many valuable and rare books in [[subject::divinity]], [[subject::history]], [[subject::medicine|physick]], [[subject::literature|novels]], [[subject::poetry]], [[subject::biography|lives]], [[subject::travels]], [[subject::romances]], &c, of the best editions’.
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It was ‘a choice collection of many valuable and rare books in [[subject::theology|divinity]], [[subject::history]], [[subject::medicine|physick]], [[subject::literature|novels]], [[subject::poetry]], lives, [[subject::geography|travels]], [[subject::literature|romances]], &c, of the best editions’.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 00:33, 11 April 2023

Percival SERJEANT d.ca.1715?

Biographical Note

An untraced individual described as being ‘of the East India House’ in the advertisement for the auction of his library in London, beginning 9 November 1715; no catalogue survives.

Books

It was ‘a choice collection of many valuable and rare books in divinity, history, physick, novels, poetry, lives, travels, romances, &c, of the best editions’.

Sources

  • Alston, R. C. Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800. St Philip, 2010.