Catalogus bibliothecae Harleianae, in locos communes distributus cum indice auctorum.

Ex copy 2 has spine title: Bibliotheca Harliana [sic].Vol. 1 = pp. 1-126. Vol. 2 = pp. 127-204. Vol. 3 = pp. 265-380. Vol. 4 = pp. 381-488. Vol. 5 = pp. 489-624. Vol. 6 = pp. 625-765. Vol. 7 = pp. 766-926. Vol. 8 = pp. 927-1034,1-37. Vol. 9 = pp. 103-202. Vol. 10 = pp. 1-102. Vol. 11 = pp. 203-302. Vol. 12 = pp. 303-408. Vol. 13 = pp. 409-517. Vol. 14 = pp. 518-634. Vol. 15 = pp. 635-749. Vol. 16 = pp. 750-858.Ex (RCPPG) copy: in 5 volumes.Collection rich in early editions of the Greek and Latin classics, early English poetry and romances, books of prints, and Caxtons.Vols. 1-2, 3-4 paged continuously.Mode of access: Internet.Lord Oxford's daughter sold his printed books to the bookseller Thomas Osborne, who engaged William Oldys, Samuel Johnson and Michael Maittaire to compile v. 1-4 of the present sale catalog. Vol. 5 which is only an enumeration of Osborne's unsold stock, has title: "Catalogus bibliothecae Harleianae, or A catalogue of the remaining part of the library of the late Earl of Oxford ... Which will begin to be solde ... at T. Osborne's ... on the twenty second day of April, 1745 ..."Ex copy 2 is Anthony Askew's copy; in each volume is 19th-century armorial bookplate with initials H. A. and Askew motto and crest.Ex copy 2 is two copies of vol. 1-4, priced in ms., with recto and verso of each leaf mounted on recto of leaf of triple-ply (vol. 1-8) or double-ply (vol. 9-16) laid paper, extending 4 vols. to 16; in contemporary calf