Letter: 1869 July 12, University Library, Cambridge, to David Laing / Henry Bradshaw. 1869.

Bradshaw, Henry, 1831-1886

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Cambridge University., Library

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Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), antiquary and bibliophile, was born at Manchester on 2 July 1792, and attended Rugby and University College, Oxford. Over the course of his life Phillipps developed an extensive collection of books and manuscripts, including old Welsh poetry and oriental manuscripts. Around 1822 he established a private printing press, and thereafter printed cartularies, genealogies, visitations, extracts from registers, and catalogues of manuscripts held in libraries. He was cr...

Lindsay, David, active 1490-1555

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