Copy of Hugh Blair, 'Lectures on rhetorick'
Copy in an unidentified hand of Hugh Blair, 'Lectures on rhetorick', containing thirty eight lectures.
Dates
- Creation: [? 1770s]
Extent
0.10 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. misc. d. 716/1, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. misc. d. 716/1-2
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 12794
Abstract
Copy of Hugh Blair, 'Lectures on rhetorick'
Biographical / Historical
Hugh Blair (1718-1800) was a Church of Scotland minister and professor of Rhetoric. 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. 45514-45515.
Custodial History
Bookplate of a member of the Kinnaird family, Barons Kinnaird; shelf-mark F7, crossed out, and S/H.7.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The copy was bought from Hofmann & Freeman in 1972.
- Title
- Copy of Hugh Blair, 'Lectures on rhetorick'
- 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
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