Travel journal of Thomas Martin of Palgrave
Travel journal of Thomas Martin of Palgrave, entitled 'Some remarks and observations taken in a journey from Eton ... to Oxford, and then into some parts of Wales and back again to Eton', with: (pp. 145-150) indexes by Martin of people and places; (pp. iv, 128-132) obituary notices of Martin by John Ives.
Dates
- Creation: Aug-Oct 1724
Extent
154 pages
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Top. gen. e. 85, pp. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Top. gen. e. 85
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 10528
Abstract
Travel journal of Thomas Martin of Palgrave, 1724.
Biographical / Historical
Thomas Martin (1697–1771) was an antiquary.
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. II, no. 54250.
Custodial History
Inscribed by John Ives (p. iv) 'This book was presented, as a memorial of friendship by Thomasine daughter of Thomas Martin to John Ives'; Thomas Thorpe, 1836 catalogue, item 831; Phillipps MS. 9224.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, Sotheby's, 28 June 1965, lot 184.
Physical Facet
19th-century calf
Topical
Subject
- Title
- Travel journal of Thomas Martin of Palgrave
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2019 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
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