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THE AUCTIONEER'S COPY

[AUCTION CATALOGUE]

Norwich. Catalogue of the large & extremely interesting Collection of Articles of Vertu, consisting of dresden, sevres and english china, pottery, enamels, miniatures, ivory and wood carvings, cabinets, caskets, repousse work, medals, Egyptian, Roman and Mediaeval Antiquities...Being the Entire Collection of Mr. James Mills, which messrs. spelman have received instructions to sell by auction..

Norwich. Jarrold & Sons, [1865]. First edition.

Quarto. 59pp, [3]. Contemporary brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed, boards damp-stained, spine sunned. Early inked ownership inscription and armorial bookplate of Clement Charles Rix Spelman to FEP, portrait photograph and paper label inscribed 'I Remain your affct. friend James Mills' to verso of title page, priced in manuscript.

The second located copy - once owned by the auctioneer - of the catalogue for the three-day sale by auction of the extensive fine art collection of Norwich resident James Mills. The 363 lots, comprised predominantly of pottery, porcelain, silverware, and medals, realised a total of £1,233. Clement Charles Rix Spelman (1843-1899), sometime Mayor of Norwich, became a partner in H.W. Spelman & Co., Auctioneers, Valuers and Estate Agents, in 1874. OCLC and COPAC together locate a single copy (Leeds).

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