Roxburghe Club album, 1807-1936.

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Roxburghe Club album, 1807-1936.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702146041

Album containing a collection of ALS written by members of the Roxburghe Club, London, including George Spencer Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough, Thomas Frognall Dibdin, and William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire. A letter written by John Ker, third Duke of Roxburghe, is also included. Related engravings, clippings, bookplates, coats of arms, and club rules, member lists, and other printed materials are tipped and laid in. Holograph and typed contents lists laid in.

1 v. ([39] leaves) ; 32 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8017913

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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