Samuel Denne, The history and antiquities of Rochester

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MS. Top. Kent e. 5

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An interleaved copy, incomplete, of Samuel Denne, The history and antiquities of Rochester (Rochester, 1772), with manuscript additions and corrections by Denne.

Dates

Creation: 1772

Extent

213 manuscript leaves

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Top. Kent e. 5, fols. 1-2]

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Shelfmark:

MS. Top. Kent e. 5

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 18030

Additional Description

Abstract

An interleaved copy, incomplete, of Samuel Denne, The history and antiquities of Rochester (Rochester, 1772), with manuscript additions and corrections by Denne.

Biographical / Historical

Samuel Denne (1730–1799) was an English antiquary.

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. II, no. 54406.

Custodial History

Owned by F. W. Cock, 1929; possibly part of lot 162, Sotheby's, 8 May 1944 (Cock sale); bought by E. H. W. Meyerstein 'for 15s. on Jeffery's stall in Farringdon Road, London, autumn 1944' (note on fol. 3).