Books from this library were sold in Lon­don on 21st July 1993. See: Sotheby’s (Firm) The Library of the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Granard:extracted from Cas­tle Forbes, County Long­ford … (Lon­don, 1993).

Left: Book­plate of Cas­tle Forbes Library • Right: Anony­mous armo­r­ial book­plate of
George Forbes, 6th Earl of Grannard (1760–1837) [Arms. Forbes impal­ing Raw­don. In 1779, he mar­ried Selina Frances, daugh­ter of John 1st Earl of Moira] Franks 10892.


Crest of George Forbes, 6th Earl of Grannard (1760–1837). For fur­ther details see
British Armo­r­ial Bind­ings: http://armorial.library.utoronto.ca/stamp-owners/FOR001 • Other marks of own­er­ship for this library are illus­trated in the sale cat­a­logue. ❧ ❧ Sources of these exam­ples: Gay, Sophie, 1776–1852. Laure d’Estell par Mme. ***. Paris: Ch. Pougens, an X (1802). Call num­ber (EX) PQ2260.G25 L38 • Min­utes of evi­dence taken before the Com­mit­tee for priv­i­leges, on the Earl of Berkeley’s pedi­gree, in the year 1799. (Lon­don) 1811. Call num­ber (Ex) Item 6375489q.