Four volumes of English autographs collected by G. J. Chester.
Dates
- Creation: 1800-1879
Extent
0.32 Linear metres (4 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Autogr. c. 2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Autogr. c. 2-3, d. 1, e. 1
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 12856
Abstract
Autograph Collection of Rev. G. J. Chester, 1800-1879.
Biographical / Historical
Rev. G. J. Chester (1831-1892) was an Egyptologist.
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, nos. 29899-29902.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The volumes were presented to the Library by G. J. Chester on 8 May 1889.
Subject
- Title
- Autograph Collection of Rev. G. J. Chester
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2020 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Date
- EAD version 2020
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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