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Loan MS 127/2
- Record Id:
- 040-002355187
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002355185
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000772.0x0003bc
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Loan MS 127/2
- Title:
- 'The Houghton Club Commonplace Book' (bound facsimile)
- Scope & Content:
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A bound facsimile of the Houghton Club album entitled 'The Houghton Club Commonplace Book, 1827-1902'. Although the date span on title-page to the facsimile edition accommodates almost all entries, there are two entries for 1913.
For further details on the contents of the volume, see the catalogue record for Loan MS 127/1.
In 2009, The Houghton Club published a facsimile edition of sixty copies, numbered I-LX. The copy held on loan at the British Library is numbered XXXII. The facsimile edition was bound by James Brockman, and includes, at the front, a (current) List of Members with their dates of election.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Loans of Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002355185
040-002355187 - Is part of:
- Loan MS 127 : The Houghton Club Commonplace Book
Loan MS 127/2 : 'The Houghton Club Commonplace Book' (bound facsimile) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002355185[0002]/040-002355187
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Loan MS 127
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 2009
- End Date:
- 2009
- Date Range:
- 2009
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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280 pages, 330 x 215 mm. An exact copy of the original Commonplace Book. Hand-sewn with silk end-bands and covered in (navy-blue) straight-grained embossed goat-skin, the title on the upper cover embossed gold. Presented in a navy-blue, cloth-covered, drop-back box.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)