Catalog of the library of William Fitzwilliam, first Earl Fitzwilliam [manuscript], Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England, ca. 1754-1796.

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Catalog of the library of William Fitzwilliam, first Earl Fitzwilliam [manuscript], Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England, ca. 1754-1796.

Manuscript catalog in neat old hand, with author, title, place of publication, imprint date and format for entries arranged by subject, e.g., "Divinity," "Law," "Politics," "Morality," "Miscellaney," etc. Most titles, written on recto of leaves only, are from the 17th and 18th centuries and date through ca. 1754. Additional entries written on verso of leaves are in different hand and date through ca. 1796.

59 leaves ; 38 cm.

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Catalog probably prepared by William Fitzwilliam, the third Earl (in the Irish Peerage), who became the first Baron in the British Peerage in 1742 and four years later was raised to the Earldom. The family maintained its estate at Milton Hall, Peterborough, in Northamptonshire, from the late 16th century. From the description of Catalog of the library of William Fitzwilliam, first Earl Fitzwilliam [manuscript], Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England, ca. 1754. (Unknown). WorldCat re...