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Eight miscellaneous notebooks of John Bowyer Nichols, written in 1805-1840, by J. Bowyer Nichols

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MS. Top. Gen. e. 37
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Eight miscellaneous notebooks of John Bowyer Nichols, written in 1805-40, each with a rough index. The contents can only be described in general terms, since they consist of jottings, extracts, copies of poems, cuttings from newspapers, and other literary and entertaining scraps, many relating to English painters and painting.

Dates

  • Creation: written in 1805-1840, by J. Bowyer Nichols

Extent

368 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MS. Top. Gen. e. 37

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. 25542.

Custodial History

Gough Nichols coll. vol. no. 33 (from 1874 to about 1884).

Physical Facet

On paper

Dimensions

9 7/8 × 8 1/8 in.

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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