Biography

Dominic Somerville-Brown is a Specialist in Rare Books, Manuscripts & Maps. Dominic is covering for Cathy Marsden during her maternity leave. During this time he will look after all aspects of our regular specialist Rare Books, Manuscripts & Maps auctions, and be the main point of contact for any queries about buying and selling at auction.

Dominic joined Lyon & Turnbull in 2022 and has worked in rare books since 2014, first for a leading antiquarian bookseller in London and subsequently as a specialist at auction houses across the UK.

He has handled libraries in fields including travel and natural history and has a BA in Arabic from the University of Oxford.