Catalogue [of Leake's personal library of books], 1858 - 1974
Scope and Contents
Manuscript catalogue of Leake’s collection of books, dated 1858.
Also 5 leaves of typescript on paper, detailing the dissemination of some of the Leake books, by the Classics Faculty library, to other more suitable faculty libraries around the University, dated November 1964 and March 1974.
Dates
- Creation: 1858 - 1974
Creator
- From the Fonds: Leake, William Martin, Col., 1777-1860 (army officer, topographer, antiquarian) (Person)
Extent
1 volume(s) : paper
Physical Description
Bound volume, quarter-bound calf skin with cloth-covered card boards with leather corners; gilt embossed text on spine; gilt edges to text block; laid paper with printed ledger column headers ‘Vol., Size, Date’.
Ruled ms vertical ledger lines in ink and ink ms text in different hands.
Later graphite pencil annotations of Classics Faculty library pressmarks.
Loose insert of 5 leaves of 20th century typescript on paper.
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the University of Cambridge: Faculty of Classics Archives Repository
Faculty of Classics
Sidgwick Avenue
Cambridge CB3 9DA United Kingdom
+441223 335193
archives@classics.cam.ac.uk