Receipts for shares in copyright bought mainly by Thomas Lowndes, bookseller and publisher
Receipts for shares in copyright bought mainly by Thomas Lowndes, bookseller and publisher, 1725-1788, with (fol. 55b) one receipt of William Lowndes, 1806.
Dates
- Creation: 1725-1788
Extent
73 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. misc. c. 297, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. misc. c. 297
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 7499
Abstract
Receipts for shares in copyright bought mainly by Thomas Lowndes, bookseller and publisher
Biographical / Historical
William Lowndes (c. 1753-1823) was an English bookseller at 77 Fleet Street and Bedford Street, Covent Garden. Thomas Lowndes may have been his father.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by vendors' names.
Other Finding Aids
Custodial History
Booklabel of Joseph Haslewood; bookplate of H. B. H. Beaufoy; circular label on upper cover '235'.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given anonymously through L. W. Hanson, 1950.
Physical Facet
Quarter calf, rebacked
Subject
- Title
- Receipts for shares in copyright bought mainly by Thomas Lowndes, bookseller and publisher
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- 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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