Notebooks of Henry Cotton, containing records of events, and notes of and transcripts from books and manuscripts, in the Library; lists of 'high-priced or rare books' compiled from booksellers' catalogues and other sources; and miscellaneous bibliographical notes.
Dates
- Creation: [c. 1814-1863]
Extent
0.20 Linear metres (4 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. misc. d. 292, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. misc. d. 292-295
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 12836
Abstract
Notebooks of Henry Cotton
Biographical / Historical
Henry Cotton (1789-1879) was sub-librarian of the Bodleian Library, 1814-22. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
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. I, nos. 45288-91.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The notebooks were given to the Library by Henry Cotton's grand-daughter, Miss M. F. Gaisford, in 1946.
Topical
Subject
- Cotton | Henry | 1789-1879 | Bibliographer and Historian (Person)
- Bodleian Library (Organisation)
- Title
- Notebooks of Henry Cotton
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- Date
- EAD version 2019
- 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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