These papers include letters to John and John Bowyer Nichols, regarding the Gentleman's Magazine and the History of Leicestershire.
Dates
- Creation: 1742-1872
Extent
5.50 Linear metres (50 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. lett. b. 11, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. lett. b. 11-19; c. 354-372
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 13263
Abstract
Letters to John and John Bowyer Nichols, booksellers and antiquaries, c. 1770-1833
Biographical / Historical
John Nichols (1745-1826) and his son, John Bowyer Nichols (1779-1863), were both printers and antiquaries, and were proprietors of the Gentleman's Magazine. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 40490-517.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were bought by the Library in 1929 and 1975.
Topical
Subject
- Nichols | John | 1745-1826 | Printer, Author, and Antiquary (Person)
- Nichols | John Bowyer | 1779-1863 | printer and antiquary (Person)
- Gentleman's Magazine (Organisation)
- Title
- Letters to John and John Bowyer Nichols, booksellers and antiquaries
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- Date
- EAD version 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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