Letter, 1890 Nov. 13, Banbury, England, to Francis Jenkinson.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Letter, 1890 Nov. 13, Banbury, England, to Francis Jenkinson.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/237243236

Letter presenting Jenkinson with a copy of Joseph Butler's Analogy of religion, natural and revealed (1736). Discusses the provenance of the volume and owner's marks, including the holograph dedication by Butler to the Dowager Countess of Portland in 1736. Also discusses book prices in general. On the final leaf are notes of Jenkinson relating to the provenance of the volume.

1 folded leaf ; 18 cm.

Dartmouth College Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7118318

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

Buckley, W. E. (William Edward), 1817?-1892.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pc40r6 (person)

Jenkinson, Francis, 1853-1923

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xw5gq8 (person)

Francis John Henry Jenkinson (1853-1923) was born at Forres, Morayshire, on 20 August 1853. He was educated at a private school at Woodcote, near Henley-on-Thames, and at Marlborough College. In 1872 he entered Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A., 1876; M.A., 1879), where he became a Fellow in 1878. He was college lecturer in classics, 1881-1889, and Cambridge University Librarian, 1889-1923. He died at Hampstead on 21 September 1923. From the guide to the Francis John Henry Jenkinson: ...

Elizabeth Cavendish, Dowager Countess of Portland, d. 1737.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67w79r6 (person)

Butler, Joseph, 1692-1752

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bp0n6c (person)