HEREFORDSHIRE. SALTMARSHE CASTLE.. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Gallery of Pictures, Collected by Edmund Higginson, Esq. of Saltmarshe.1842

London: Printed for Private Distribution, First edition, 4to (285 x 220 mm), [2], 98, [2]pp., title printed in red and black, including 7 extra descriptive letterpress slips tipped in, original cloth, some damp staining to covers, effecting endpapers only. Edmund Higginson (1802-1871) inherited the Saltmarshe estate from his uncle William Higginson in 1812. He built a new house in the Tudor Gothic style sometime between 1828 and 1834, with additions in 1845-46. This rare privately printed catalogue describes the Gallery of 229 pictures in some detail, and in most cases provenance is also provided. "The dispersion of the Collections formed by MM. Boursault, Burtin, Bonnemaison, Lucien Bonaparte, Durand, Delahante, Lapeyrière, and Pourtales, laid the groundwork of the present Gallery; whilst several choice works of Art have been acquired from the Cabinets of the Duchesse de Berri, Mr. Beckford, Lord Camden, Mr. Gray, Mr. Knight, Lord Lichfield, Lord Northwick, Mr. Zachary, and others"—Advertisement. The Gallery was dispersed at auction by Messers Christie, Manson & Wood in two sales June 4, 1846 & June 16, 1860. Holmes, p.223.