Bagford, John, 1650-1716 (book collector and antiquary)
Person
Biography
John Bagford (1650/51-1716) collected all manner of printed material, as well as manuscript leaves and specimens of paper.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
File
History of early printings of the Bible in English, c. 1700
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Dd.10.57
Scope and Contents
An account of the first impressions of the Bible in English, collected by John Bagford. MSS Dd.10.56-57 appear to be two of the books mentioned by Humphrey Wanley in 'An account of Mr Bagford's collections for his history of printing', Philosophical transactions, 1707, No. 310, p. 2407.
Dates:
c. 1700
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Collection:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
History of typography, c. 1700
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Dd.10.56
Scope and Contents
'The hihstory of tipography, its originall and prograse from authentick recordes maniscriptes and printed bookes, collected with grate paynes by Jo. Bagford, to which is added the lives of the most eminent printers …': a collection of extracts relating to the history of printing, with the titles of works by early printers. MSS Dd.10.56-57 appear to be two of the books mentioned by Humphrey Wanley in 'An account of Mr Bagford's collections for his history of printing', Philosophical...
Dates:
c. 1700
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Collection:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Fonds
Paper specimens
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8578
Scope and Contents
Album of ca. 200 leaves, numbered as far as 170. Specimens are tipped onto the album leaves, starting with fol. 23 and ending with 155. The title page is inscribed in the hand of Bagford: 'A collection of specementes of thi variate of seviral sortes of paper: as from China Est India Persia Turkia Italia ffrance: Germany fflanders Holland and England bouth Antient and Moddern: about a hundred sevirall sortes'. Fol. 1r contains an incomplete alphabetical index also in Bagford's hand to various...
Dates:
1707 (Date from Gatch, 453.)
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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