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A large collection of engravings and manuscript drawings connected with Gough's Sepulchral Monuments in Great Britain (Lond. 1786-96), 18th century

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A large collection of engravings and manuscript drawings connected with Gough's Sepulchral Monuments in Great Britain (Lond. 1786-96), many of the drawings being by Schnebbelie, Carter and Basire. The drawings are of monuments, many supplementary to those engraved, and there are rubbings of brasses, letters, notes by Gough, etc.: A copy of Gough's Sepulchral Monuments, pt. 1 (Lond. 1786), with manuscript notes and additions by the author, and many papers and drawings bearing on the subject, some in manuscript: among which latter are:

  1. At p. xv two letters from Tho. Walford, 30 Nov. 1786 and 26 March 1787
  2. At p. liii two from J. Gordon, 27 Apr. and 5 May 1781
  3. At p. 84 one from Rich. Greene, 3 Oct. 1783
  4. At p. 86 one from J. C. Brooke, Somerset Herald, 30 May 1783
  5. At p. 92 one from Will. Cole, 5 July 1781
  6. At pp. 95, 178 two from John Cooke, 5 May 1786 and 18 Apr. 1787
  7. At p. 113 a pedigree of the Buers family, 14th-16th century

Dates

  • Creation: 18th century

Extent

1 volume

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

Gough Maps 221

Other Finding Aids

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, no. 17579

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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