Excerpt from Notes From Sotheby's: Being a Compilation of 2, 032 Notes From Catalogues of Book-Sales Which Have Taken Place in the Rooms of Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, Between the Years 1885-1909 P. M. BA rna RD is prepared to undertake the formation of Libraries and Collections on special 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.