[ Victorian bookseller's catalogue. ] Catalogue of Books & Portraits, comprising Miscellaneous, Theatrical, Old Newspapers, Views of Theatres, London, Trials, Collections, &c. &c.

8pp., 12mo. Stapled. Heavily aged and worn. A trim little catalogue, with 158 books described on the first seven pages, and the last page devoted to prints. Beneath the drophead title: 'Post Office Orders to be made payable at High Holborn. | No books or prints sent on approval. | Theatrical and Miscellaneous Portraits for Illustrating, | Old Play Bills, Old London and County Views Bought and Sold.' The first item, at six guineas, is a large collection ('four parcels') relating to Astley's Theatre, 'consisting of Hundreds of Bills of the Performances, Views of the Theatre at different periods, Portraits of Actors and Actresses in various characters, also the celebrated Ducrow in his various Acts of Horsemanship, Scenes and Characters in famous Dramas, Cuttings, Advertisements, and other matter too numerous to mention, extending from 1780 to 1860 [...]'. Scarce: no copy traced, either on OCLC WorldCat, or on COPAC.