'A Catalogue of Newspapers, Political Papers, Trials, etc., etc., etc., the property of the late John Nichols...'
'A Catalogue of Newspapers, Political Papers, Trials, etc., etc., etc., the property of the late John Nichols, F.S.A., Author of the History of Leicestershire, Literary Anecdotes, etc.' The collection here catalogued consisted of five quarto volumes of Paris Gazettes, 1633-4, 1643-5; seven quarto volumes of newspapers (Mercuriuses, etc.), 1640-64: ninety-five folio volumes, 1672-1737, 241 folio volumes irregularly covering the period from 1697 to 1830.
Dates
- Creation: Written soon after 1830
Extent
145 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Conditions Governing Access
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Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. R. 13. 119, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
R. 13. 119
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 20070
Abstract
'A Catalogue of Newspapers, Political Papers, Trials, etc., etc., etc., the property of the late John Nichols...'
Biographical / Historical
John Gough Nichols (1806-1873) was a printer and an antiquary.
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. V, no. 28903
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The series (except vol. 14, lost) was purchased by the Library on March 4, 1865, for £200 from the executors of John Bowyer Nichols (d. 1863): most of the rest had been dispersed at an auction sale at Sotheby's on May 27, 1864.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
13 1/8 × 8 3/8 in.
Subject
- Nichols | John Gough | 1806-1873 | printer and antiquary (Person)
- La Gazette | periodical | Paris (Organisation)
- Title
- 'A Catalogue of Newspapers, Political Papers, Trials, etc., etc., etc., the property of the late John Nichols...'
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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