A copy of the 'Antiquities of Shropshire from a manuscript of Edward Lloyd Esq... revised and enlarged ... by Thomas Farmer Dukes Esq. F.S.A'
A copy of the 'Antiquities of Shropshire from a manuscript of Edward Lloyd Esq... revised and enlarged ... by Thomas Farmer Dukes Esq. F.S.A.' (Shrewsbury, 1844, 4°), followed by very many manuscript additions chiefly copies of deeds, coloured drawings, arms, pedigrees, and the like, each volume having an alphabetical index, and bearing the bookplate of the collector, Mr. T. F. Dukes.
Shrewsbury is especially well represented in both volumes.
Dates
- Creation: c.1800-1845
Extent
0.22 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
- Latin
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Top. Salop. c. 1, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Top. Salop. c. 1-2
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 18629
Abstract
A copy of the 'Antiquities of Shropshire from a manuscript of Edward Lloyd Esq... revised and enlarged ... by Thomas Farmer Dukes Esq. F.S.A', written chiefly in about 1800-1845.
Biographical / Historical
Thomas Farmer Dukes (1770/1-1850) was an attorney and antiquarian.
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. 28569-28570.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought by the Library in 1850 for £42.
- Title
- A copy of the 'Antiquities of Shropshire from a manuscript of Edward Lloyd Esq... revised and enlarged ... by Thomas Farmer Dukes Esq. F.S.A'
- Status
- Published
- Author
- 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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