Catalog of the library at Sheffield Park, Sussex, belonging to the Earl of Sheffield, [ca. 1828].

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Catalog of the library at Sheffield Park, Sussex, belonging to the Earl of Sheffield, [ca. 1828].

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Library, dispersed in several 19th and 20th century sales, containing many thousands of fine books, mostly history, including some of Edward Gibbon's own books (Gibbon was the Earl of Sheffield's friend and editor). Also includes a large amount of incunabula and manuscripts, all minutely catalogued, presumably by the librarian (unidentified). Some of the later additional slips are probably in the hand of Lady Sheffield. Vol. 3 of the catalog mentions Gibbon's posthumous Miscellaneous works, which Lord Sheffield edited.

6 v. ; 41 cm.

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Sheffield, Anne Holroyd, Countess of, 1764-1832

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Sheffield, John Holroyd, earl of, 1735-1821

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John Baker Holroyd, first earl of Sheffield, was born in Ireland on December 21, 1735, the second son of lawyer Isaac Holroyd (1707-1778) and Dorothy Baker (d. 1777). In 1760, he joined the army, rising to the rank of captain in the regiment of light dragoons known as the Royal Foresters. Shortly after the death of his older brother Daniel in 1762, he spent three years traveling Europe; in Lausanne, Switzerland, he made a lifelong friend in Edward Gibbon, whose autobiography and pos...