Family Bible of Charles Sturt
The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New: newly translated out of the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised (Edinburgh, printed by John Baskett, 1726).
Charles Sturt's family Bible containing an obituary of Sturt from the Daily Telegraph (1869), manuscript notes and cuttings on other family members up to 1870 and two loose sheets with notes on the Gospels and a sketch of a church organ, n.d.
Dates
- Creation: 1726-c.1870
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Austr. s. 18].
Shelfmark:
MSS. Austr. s. 18
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 6674
Abstract
Family Bible of Charles Sturt.
Biographical / Historical
Charles Sturt (1795-1869) was a soldier and explorer in Australia. For further information see the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by a descendant of Charles Sturt in 2011.
- Title
- Catalogue of the Family Bible of Charles Sturt
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Lucy McCann
- Date
- 2026
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Edition statement
- First edition.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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