Album entitled 'Decorative design' by Frances A. Gunning

Single Item

MS. Eng. misc. d. 717

Request
this

Order this material to a Weston Library reading room

This material can be requested via the online system, where you can monitor the progress of your order.

Help

Album entitled 'Decorative design' by Frances A. Gunning, containing designs for alphabets, illuminated initials, grotesques and other ornaments, 1857-1875, some of which appear in her book A sequence of symbols (London, n.d.).

Dates

1857-1875

Extent

113 Leaves

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. misc. d. 717, fols. 1-2]

Please see our help page for further guidance on citing archives and manuscripts.

Shelfmark:

MS. Eng. misc. d. 717

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 17556

Additional Description

Abstract

Album entitled 'Decorative design' by Frances A. Gunning

Biographical / Historical

Biographical details unknown.

Other Finding Aids

M. Clapinson and T. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991). Vol. 1, no. 45516

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Bought, Marlborough Rare Books, cat. 71 (1973), 168.

Indexed Names and Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Album entitled 'Decorative design' by Frances A. Gunning
Status: Published
Date: EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
Language of description: English
Script of description: Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/weston

Contact:
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Physical Storage Information for Staff

Box: 606745882 (mixed materials)