Where Works of Reference for Literary purposes may be obtained or
referred to.
Chippenham, Wilts.
MR. F. ALEXANDER has been favoured with instructions to prepare
for SALE by AUCTION, on the Premises, on TUESDAY, the 1st of July,
1851, and two following days, commencing at 12 o'clock each day
precisely, the Valuable and Select Library of Mr. John Provis, of
Chippenham, comprising 3,500 Volumes, including many Works of
great value. Among those remarkable for their rarity, &c., will be
found a fine copy of Purchas's Pilgrimes, 5 vols., 1625; Nuremburg
Chronicle, 1493; Dante, printed at Rome, 1487; Coverdale's Bible,
1539; Cranmer's Bible, 1585; Musée Français, 4 vols.; Chaucer's
Works; Philosophical Transactions, 88 vols.; Houbraken's Heads,
&c., &c.
May be viewed two days previous to the Sale, by Catalogues only
(6_d._ each), which may be obtained five days prior to the sale,
of Messrs. Wickham & Yelland, 163. Strand, London; at the White
Hart Hotel, Bristol; Castle Hotel, Bath; Star Hotel, Oxford; Royal
Hotel, Cheltenham; Bear Inn, Devizes; and of the Auctioneer,
Chippenham.