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Commonplace book of Humphrey Sibthorp

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MS. Lat. misc. e. 109
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Commonplace book of Humphrey Sibthorp, Sherardian Professor of Botany, containing copies, drafts and extracts of letters of Sibthorp and a few verse and prose extracts, 1748-1763.

Dates

  • Creation: 1748-1763

Extent

113 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • Latin

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Lat. misc. e. 109, fols. 1-2].

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Shelfmark:

MS. Lat. misc. e. 109

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 10903

Abstract

Commonplace book of Humphrey Sibthorp, 1748-1763.

Biographical / Historical

Humphrey Waldo Sibthorp (1713–1797) was a British botanist. He was the Sherardian Professor of Botany at the University of Oxford from 1747 to 1783.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Bought, Quaritch, cat. 877 (1967), 130.

Physical Facet

papered boards

Title
Commonplace book of Humphrey Sibthorp
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

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