Manuscripts and documents relating to Bibliotheca Phillippica, 1794-1886 (bulk, 1800-1864).

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Manuscripts and documents relating to Bibliotheca Phillippica, 1794-1886 (bulk, 1800-1864).

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Correspondence, invoices and other items from auctioneers, booksellers and printers, including John Lowe, Obadiah Rich, Thomas Thorpe and Bernard Quaritch. Thirty catalogs of various portions of the collection, mainly in manuscript, created between 1816 and 1872. This collection includes manuscript catalogs of the libraries of Arthur Capel (Earl of Essex), Bishop Samuel Butler and Leander van Ess. Items from the auctioneers Payne and Foss concern their purchase for Phillipps of material from the Richard Heber sale of 1833 and the Benjamin Bright sale of 1844-1845. There is also miscellaneous correspondence, including letters from Brasenose College (Oxford) and the Bodleian Library about gifts from Phillipps, as well as several letters by him, including copies of letters for 1854-1855 madeby the Wedgwood Patent Manifold Writer. Materials concerning Phillipps' Continental tours include, but are not limited to, visas, his notes on Continental libraries, and letters from the librarian of Lille to the librarian of Cambrai regarding Phillipps' use of their collections. The collection also includes Phillipps' holograph manuscript of a "Visual shelf list" (an early attempt to systematize the arrangement of his collections), notes of the expenses involved in moving the collections from Middle Hill to Thirlestaine House, and lists of manuscripts in the libraries of collectors Walter Sneyd and John Lee drawn up for his Catalogus manuscriptorum in bibliothecis Angliae. Among the miscellaneous manuscripts are items relating to the purchase of the estate of Donald Fenton and a manuscript book of miscellaneous poems, including "Amor Patrie," a poem spoken at Manchester. Material about the disposition of Phillipps' collection after his death incudes a listing of his furniture, plate and pictures by James Toovy, and autograph letters from Edward Bond, Keeper of Manuscripts at the British Museum.

ca. 80 items.

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Bodleian Library.

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Horblit, Harrison D.

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Bright, Benjamin Hayward,

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Lowe, John C. (John Carl), 1936-

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British schoolboy of Shepley Hall, Lancashire. From the description of Writing exercise, 1775 Dec. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84003566 ...

Toovy, James.

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Price, T. Slater (Thomas Slater), 1875-

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Horblit, Jean Mermin,

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Fenton, Donald,

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Ess, Leander ˜vanœ 1772-1847

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Sneyd, Walter, 1809-1888

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Sneyd was an English amateur caricaturist and minister. From the description of Walter Sneyd collection of early modern documents, ca. 1363-1800 (inclusive), ca. 1600-1800 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 83948978 From the guide to the Walter Sneyd collection of early modern documents, ca.1363-1800 (inclusive), ca. 1600-1800 (bulk)., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Walter Sneyd's Portraits of the Spruggins family (pub...

Butler, Samuel, 1774-1839

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Grandfather of the author. From the description of Autograph letter signed (facsimile) : Shrewsbury, to "Dear Sir, ", 1835 Dec. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131540 ...

British Museum.

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Microfilms of British Museum class catalogues of manuscripts. The British Library, established in 1973, is now responsible for manuscript collections previously held by the library of the British Museum. From the guide to the Microfilms of British Museum class catalogues of manuscripts, 20th century, (University of Oxford, Bodleian Library) ...

Payne and Foss

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Lee, John, 1783-1866

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Epithet: formerly Fiott, FSA, FRS British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000622.0x00005e ...

Heber, Richard, 1773-1833

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Epithet: MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000390.0x0000d3 Epithet: book collector British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x000331 ...

Bond, Edward Augustus, 1815-1898

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Essex, Arthur Capel, Earl of, 1631-1683

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Arthur Capel, Earl of Essex, served as statesman in various capacities during the reign of Charles II and died in the Tower of London after being implicated in the Rye House plot. During his lifetime, Capel amassed a great library at his estate in Cashiobury. John Evelyn writes, "No man has been more industrious than this noble lord in planting about his seate [Cashiobury], adorned with walks, ponds, and other rural excellencies; while the library is large, and very nobly furnished, and all the ...

Bernard Quaritch (Firm)

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Thorpe, Thomas, 1791-1851

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English bookseller. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to an unknown recipient, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572442 Epithet: bookseller British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0002d1 ...

Rich, O. (Obadiah), 1777-1850

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Obadiah Rich (1783?-1850) was an American book dealer who dealt extensively in Americana. In 1844 he bought Henri Ternaux de Compans's collection of American early printed books and manuscripts, then sold it through Henry Stevens to James Lenox in 1848. From the guide to the Rich provenance collection, ca. 1845-1848, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Obadiah Rich (1783?-1850) was an American book dealer established in London when he purchased ...

Brasenose college (University of Oxford)

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