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Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., collected and edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1413-1900 (inclusive), 1775-1839 (bulk).

Title: Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., collected and edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1413-1900 (inclusive), 1775-1839 (bulk).

Printed books with hundreds of inserted manuscripts and prints relating to the text, compiled and bound by collector Robert Borthwick Adam.

ArchivalResource: 10 volumes (2.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01783/catalog View

Bowyer, William, 1699-1777. William Bowyer papers, 1674-1874.

Title: William Bowyer papers, 1674-1874.

Correspondence and other papers relating to William Bowyer's (1699-1777) work as a printer in London. The bulk of the correspondence consists of incoming letters to Bowyer from the scholars Edward Clarke, William Clarke, and Jeremiah Markland, concerning printing, scholarly subjects, languanges including Greek and Hebrew, and family matters. Other correspondents include James Stanier Clarke, Catherine Markland, William Strode, Moses Williams, and William Wotten. Also includes two items written by Bowyer and a few letters addressed to Bowyer's apprentice and partner John Nichols. Letters prior to 1737 may have been addressed to the elder William Bowyer. Two letters in latin, signed "Ambrosius Bonvicus," were probably written by Ambrose Bonwicke as a student at St. John's College, Oxford. Other Papers include a manuscript address for a Mr. Stawell to give to the Duchess of York, an engraving of William Bowyer, an 1874 collection inventory by James Crossley, and proof sheets of an unidentified history of Bowyer's printing business.

ArchivalResource: 1.33 linear feet (2 boxes)

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The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. : including a journal of a tour to the Hebrides, extra-illustrated, 1711-1834 (inclusive).

Title: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. : including a journal of a tour to theHebrides, extra-illustrated, 1711-1834 (inclusive).

Printed books with hundreds of inserted manuscripts and prints relating to thetext, compiled by collector William Upcott.

ArchivalResource: 10 volumes (1.3 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01790/catalog View

Papers of William Bowyer the Younger, Printer, 1754-97

Title: Papers of William Bowyer the Younger, Printer 1754-97

ArchivalResource: 2 shelfmarks

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Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. Surrender of copyright : manuscript, 1732 July 22.

Title: Surrender of copyright : manuscript, 1732 July 22.

Document in which Swift surrenders all his rights to "several scattered papers in prose and verse," which had been published in Dublin by George Faulkner, to Matthew Pilkington who is then to give them to William Bowyer for publication.

ArchivalResource: 1 leaf ; 18 cm.

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Vol. III (ff. i + 207). This includes a letter signed by William Cobbett, 1801 (f. 55), and copies of letters from Sterne and Swift (ff. 178, 185). For the names of authors, publishers, etc., see the Index to this catalogue; and for the titles of lit..., 1801

Title: Vol. III (ff. i + 207). This includes a letter signed by William Cobbett, 1801 (f. 55), and copies of letters from Sterne and Swift (ff. 178, 185). For the names of authors, publishers, etc., see the Index to this catalogue; and for the titles of lit... 1801

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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Houghton Library printed book provenance file, A-D

Title: Houghton Library printed book provenance file, A-D

Index to ownership/provenance information, primarily from printed books, held by Houghton Library.

ArchivalResource: 1 collection

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01529/catalog View

William Upcott papers, 1650-1881.

Title: William Upcott papers, 1650-1881.

Papers of the English collector William Upcott concerning his collecting.

ArchivalResource: 3 volumes (.6 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00289/catalog View

Bowyer, William, 1699-1777. Autograph letter signed, 1759 Jan. 29.

Title: Autograph letter signed, 1759 Jan. 29.

About some letters sent for criticism.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270131433 View

Vol. I (ff. i + 214). (a) Papers relating to the "European Magazine," with details respecting the Handel Commemoration, 1784-1787. ff. 59 b-100; (b) Facsimile of Milton's assignment of "Paradise Lost" to S. Symons, 1667. The original is Add. MS. 1886...

Title: Vol. I (ff. i + 214). (a) Papers relating to the "European Magazine," with details respecting the Handel Commemoration, 1784-1787. ff. 59 b-100; (b) Facsimile of Milton's assignment of "Paradise Lost" to S. Symons, 1667. The original is Add. MS. 1886... [1 Jan 1704]-12 Apr 1822

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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Hoadly, John, 1711-1776,. Autograph letter signed from John Hoadly to William Bowyer [manuscript], 18th century.

Title: Autograph letter signed from John Hoadly to William Bowyer [manuscript], 18th century.

Discusses a bill sent to him from Bowyer, which Hoadly believes to be too high.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/435414772 View

Nichols family. Nichols family papers, 1713-1874, [microform].

Title: Nichols family papers, 1713-1874, [microform].

Correspondence, manuscripts, and documents relating to the printing firm of John Nichols and Son, covering a period from 1713, when the original firm of William Bowyer, the Elder (1663-1737), was burned, until the death of John Gough Nichols in 1873. The correspondence concerns primarily the social and domestic affairs of John Nichols (1745-1826) and of his family from 1766 to 1812. Scattered letters from business associates and minor authors are included, among them a group of letters from John Pridden (1758-1825), author and antiquary. The correspondence of John Bowyer Nichols (1779-1863) concerns the Nichols firm from 1799 to 1855. There are also several letters of, and relating to, William Bowyer (1699-1777), the senior partner of John Nichols. The collection also contains a volume of letters of condolence written at the time of John Nichols' death. The manuscripts in the collection consist primarily of the poetry of John Nichols, much of which was published in newspapers of the late 18th century. The manuscripts of John Bowyer Nichols concern his father and family. There are also contracts, bills, receipts, accounts, pamphlets, broadsides, engravings, and a group of 277 portraits.

ArchivalResource: 3 positive reels (2 copies).3 master negative reels.

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Bowyer, William, 1699-1777. Holograph excerpt from an essay on the Roman senate (p. 109).

Title: Holograph excerpt from an essay on the Roman senate (p. 109).

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270132585 View

Bowyer, William, 1663-1737. The Bowyer ledgers : the printing accounts of William Bowyer, father and son, 1710-1781.

Title: The Bowyer ledgers : the printing accounts of William Bowyer, father and son, 1710-1781.

The collection provides information about more than 5,000 individual books or jobs printed by the Bowyers between 1710 and 1778, with information for some on paper used as well as a record of William Bowyer the younger's payments for goods and services. The wages check-book records wagesearned by the compositors and pressmen and provides a record of production, type usage and operation of the presses for the period 1730-1739. The "loose sheets" consist mainly of bills that should have been written up in the ledgers.

ArchivalResource: 7 v ; 36 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122530277 View