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| Picture No | 10007383 |
| Date | 1888 |
| Description | Book sale at Sotheby's auction house, London |
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A book sale taking place at Sotheby's auction house, London. Mr Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), the German-born British bookseller and collector, is seated just in front of the auctioneer's desk. By the late 1880s, Quaritch had developed the largest trade in old books in the world.
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| Source | Engraving in H M Paget in 'The Graphic', 26 May 1888, page 548 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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