Extracts from Various Works on the Origin of Printing Made by S. Sotheby During His Researches for His Intended Work Thereon 19th century

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Extracts from Various Works on the Origin of Printing Made by S. Sotheby During His Researches for His Intended Work Thereon 19th century

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Scrapbook of extracts copied in several hands, with notes, clippings, and printed pamphlets in English and French, related to the development of the printing press.

Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library,

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Sotheby, Samuel, 1771-1842

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Sotheby, Samuel Leigh, 1805-1861

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Samuel Leigh Sotheby, younger son of auctioneer Samuel Sotheby, was operating his auction house in the Strand, London as Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge in 1844. John Rushout, second Baron Northwick, collected pictures, manuscripts, books and objets de virtu. He maintained his collections at Northwick Park, Middlesex and at Thirlestane House in Cheltenham; after his death in 1859, his heir sold the latter residence to the collector Sir Thomas Phillipps. From the description of ALS: Ha...