Sir Thomas Phillipps collection of portolan atlases [essay], 1925-1931.

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Sir Thomas Phillipps collection of portolan atlases [essay], 1925-1931.

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Essay, by Edward Luther Stevenson, giving a brief history of Portolan charts and atlases. Essay also summarizes and describes the twelve manuscript Portolan atlases formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), now at the Huntington Library. Also includes one letter from Edward Luther Stevenson to Leslie E. Bliss, giving the essay to the Huntington Library.

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Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872

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English antiquary and collector. He began collecting while at Rugby School and Oxford. On inheriting his father's estate at Middle Hill in Worcestershire, Phillipps embarked on a career of collecting manuscripts and books. His collection of manuscripts eventually numbered over 60,000 items. During Continental trips in the 1820s Phillipps bought heavily, and back in England he continued to do so, often buying up entire estate libraries at auction. He collected Eastern, Greek and Lat...

Stevenson, Edward Luther, 1858-1944

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Edward Luther Stevenson was born in Rozetta, Illinois in 1858. He received A.B. and A.M. degrees from Franklin College (1881, 1884) and was an educator in the public schools of Indiana and Illinois from 1881 to 1887. He studied history and political economy at Johns Hopkins University from 1887 to 1888 and received a Ph.D. from the University of Heidelberg in 1890. From 1891 until 1911 Stevenson taught history at Rutgers University and from 1910 on he served the Hispanic Society of America. Stev...