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1. Add MS 71496

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 71496
Title:
RICHARD GARNETT: letters of Richard Garnett (b.1835, d.1906), Keeper of Printed Books at the British Museum, mostly to John Lane, publisher; 1890-1906. Preceded by a photograph of Garnett and followed (ff. 86-92) by a draft of an unpublished essay on 'The First Bookbinder' [Philtatius of Athens]. For a biography of Garnett by Barbara McCrimmon, see Add. 71473 A-E. Purchased from Bertram Rota, March 1994. Paper; ff. i+92. Mounted in an album on leaves measuring 310 x 230mm.
Scope & Content:
John Lane, publisher: British Museum: Richard Garnett, LLD; Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum: Letters to John Lane from Richard Garnett: 1890-1906. includes: f. 1 Art. Photographs: Richard Garnett, LLD; Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum: Photograph of Richard Garnett: circa 1890...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1890-1906
Extent:
1 item

2. Ashley MS B3679

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B3679
Title:
Scope & Content:
The Oxford and Cambridge Magazine, 1856: a list of the chief contributors and of the articles contributed by them, written in an unidentified hand on both sides of the two conjoined quarto leaves of white wove paper (ff. 186-187b); n.d. Among the contributors were Edward Burne-Jones, Miss McDona...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item