Four manuscripts from the collection of volumes assembled by Strickland Gibson for the study and teaching of bibliography.
Dates
- Creation: 16th-19th cent.
Extent
0.44 Linear metres (4 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. Gibson 47, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
Gibson 47, 48, 236, 282
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 7682
Abstract
The collection of volumes assembled by Strickland Gibson (1877-1958), Keeper of Printed Books at the Bodleian, for the study and teaching of bibliography.
Biographical / Historical
Strickland Gibson (1877-1958) was a member of the Bodleian staff from 1891, and Sub-Librarian 1931-45. Details are given in Who Was Who.
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, nos. 47256-47259.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The manuscripts were given to the Library by Strickland Gibson in 1952.
Bibliography
- There is an account of the collection in Bodleian Library Record, 6 (1957-61), 645-54.
- Title
- Manuscripts Collected by Strickland Gibson
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2019 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- 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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