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Notes in a copy of Fuller's Worthies, written in about 1812, partly by J. Nichols

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MS. Top. Gen. e. 33
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'Notes in a copy of Fuller's Worthies in the handwriting of Mr. Ralph Thoresby ... copied from the original MS. in the margins of his copy of Fuller, now in the possession of Craven Ord, Esq. This transcript is partly in the Handwriting of John Nichols ... 1812.' A letter from Sir S. E. Brydges on Nichols's edition of Fuller's Worthies (1811), dated Sept. 11, 1811, is at fol. 20.

Dates

  • Creation: written in about 1812, partly by J. Nichols

Extent

100 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MS. Top. Gen. e. 33

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. V, no. 25538.

Custodial History

Gough Nichols coll. vol. no. 29 (from 1874 to about 1884).

Physical Facet

On paper

Dimensions

9 5/8 × 6 1/8 in.

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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