Volume compiled by Edward Burton

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MS. Eng. misc. b. 42

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Volume compiled by Edward Burton, containing:

(pp. 3-6, 111-19) incomplete indexes and lists
(pp. 7-95) catalogue of a library, arranged alphabetically by author, containing theological, historical and literary works in Latin, English, French and Italian, divided under each letter by language, and giving shelf-marks, with additions made c.1742
(pp. 99-107) notes on Jewish law; with (p. 1) notes by Thomas Tanner for Bibliotheca Britannico-Hibernica.

Dates

Creation: 18th century

Extent

120 pages

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. misc. b. 42, fols. 1-2]

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Shelfmark:

MS. Eng. misc. b. 42

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 17221

Additional Description

Abstract

Volume compiled by Edward Burton

Biographical / Historical

Edward Burton (1794-1836) was an English Church of England clergyman and theologian.

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. 42150

Custodial History

Said by Sir Thomas Phillipps (note on pastedown) to have been bought at the sale of Austin Cooper's library in Dublin (Edward Maguire, 21 Feb. 1831), but not found in that catalogue; Phillipps MS. 25222; Sotheby's, 27 June 1938, part of lot 245.