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William Herbert: Typographical Antiquities

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3313-3318

Scope and Contents

Drafts of proposed re-impressions, prepared for press by William Herbert. Autograph and other hands.

Dates

  • Creation: 1793-1795 (Circa)

Creator

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).

Extent

1 collection

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased by Sir Thomas Phillipps from Thorpe in 1836, and subsequently Phillipps MS 9441. Lot 395 in the Sotheby's Phillipps sale, March 1895. Purchased of Tregaskis, 28 Mar. 1895.

Related Materials

The BL copy of J. Ames, Typographical Antiquities, 1749 (shelf-mark C.60.0.5) has numerous annotations in Herbert's hand, and contains, bound in at a later date, manuscript sheets similar to CUL MS Add. 3313-18. Among these sheets is a list of Herbert's abbreviations for his reference works.

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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