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Name Overton, John, printseller

1. Add MS 4961

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Add MS 4961
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Scope & Content:
STUART COLLECTION. Vol. IV (ff. 90). Visitation of Berkshire, 1623, by Henry Chitting, Chester Herald, with additions from the visitations of that county of 1566 and 1665-1666; 17th cent. There are some drawings of arms, in trick, and also additions in Waker's autograph made circ. 1669 (f. 1), p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 54785

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Add MS 54785
Title:
HISTORY OF TYPOGRAPHY: a text based on work by John Bagford and Richard Smith, copied by William Herbert from Cambridge University Library MS. Dd. xi. 91; Sept. 1782. Autograph. The treatise falls into two parts, described below. 'P. & S. 7 June/61 £3. 16. 0' in pencil, with remains of a red seal, front end-paper (f. iv). Other pencil markings, including the word 'Printing' are erased on this end-paper. The MS. was formerly in the Patent Office Library, see Add. 54784. With the volume (f...
Scope & Content:
Printing and Typography: London, Parishes. St. Mary Aldermary: List of writing masters of the 16th and 17th centt. in London: aft. 1692: Copy, 1782. William Herbert, bibliographer: Copied: 1782. includes: ff. 1-45v Printing and Typography: John Bagford, book collector: Abridgement of the 'H...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1680-1782
Extent:
1 item