'Anecdotes of Printing', written in about A.D. 1810-1860(?)
File
MS. Add. C. 170
Held at the Weston Library
'Anecdotes of Printing', made in about 1810-1860. They consist chiefly of manuscript extracts from printed books, cuttings from magazines and newspapers, a few titlepages and engravings and the like. At fols.65v, 67v of no. 29162 are two drawings of the gallery of Antiquities in the British Museum 'West ...' and 'East side of the Third Room', about 1820 (?).
Dates
- written in about A.D. 1810-1860(?)
Extent
80 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Add. C. 170
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. 29162.
Custodial History
This volume was at one time in the library of John Upham, bookseller, of Bath, whose armorial bookplate is in the book, and who perhaps wrote the accounts of literary men in it.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
13 1/8 × 9 1/8 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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