The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1975

The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1975 PDF Author: British Library
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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 538

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The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1975

The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1975 PDF Author: British Library
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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 538

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General Catalogue of Printed Books

General Catalogue of Printed Books PDF Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 906

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A Bibliography of Writings on the English Language from the Beginning of Printing to the End of 1922

A Bibliography of Writings on the English Language from the Beginning of Printing to the End of 1922 PDF Author: Arthur Garfield Kennedy
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Category : English philology
Languages : en
Pages : 544

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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints

The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints PDF Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712

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Catalogue of Printed Books

Catalogue of Printed Books PDF Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 784

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Catalogue

Catalogue PDF Author: Pickering & Chatto
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Languages : en
Pages : 958

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The Englishman's First German Book, Etc

The Englishman's First German Book, Etc PDF Author: Ludwig Conrad SCHWABE
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Languages : en
Pages : 126

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The Library of Richard Porson

The Library of Richard Porson PDF Author: P. G. Naiditch
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1456805290
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 591

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In writing this book three questions chiefly interested me. What books and pamphlets did Richard Porson own? From whom did he acquire these materials? What has become of his holdings? Answering the first question was relatively easy. For over two hundred years students have known that, after his death, Porsons library was divided into two unequal parts. The larger portion was sent to auction, the smaller part, together with Porsons papers, was separately sold to Trinity College, Cambridge. To treat the problem I have examined all of the microfilm set of the Sotheby auction catalogues from 1783 to 1808, save when catalogues were not marked or the markings were too faint to decipher: notably Jan. 1, 1785; May 29, 1786; Jan. 22 and May 1, 1797; June 1788; Jan. 13, 1789; May 26, 1791; June 22, 1795; Jan. 1796; 1800; Nov. 14, 1803 through Dec. 3, 1804 (twenty-three catalogues); April 18 and May 29, 1805; April 14-30, May 19, June 5, July 2, 10, 15, 1806...or when the microfilm is imperfect. Likewise, I have seen, in London, most of Christies book catalogues from 1782 to 1808; and, in Los Angeles, much of the Frank Marcham collection at UCLA (coll. 416 boxes 10-34). Finally, I have seen almost all of Porsons books at Trinity and a few other places. From 1786 to 1808, Porson purchased hundreds of books and pamphlets. The records allow us to trace his purchases at forty-seven auctions. Of these, Leigh & Sotheby presented most of the sales. But Porson also bought at sales offered through Edwards, Robson and Clarke, King & Loche, and he at least interested himself in a Stewart sale. In addition, one has to take into account books given to Porson as prizes or gifts; perhaps books entrusted to him for review; and books for which he subscribed. Addressing the second question is complicated by three factors. First, there is the imperfection of the records. The archives of most houses do not sirvive; even the L&S house-files are, on occasion, imperfect or incompletely legible. Secondly, clerks wrote down what they heard. Often enough, they heard Pawson or Pauson, and it was needful to establish identity. Thirdly, there are difficulties in the way of determining specific editions: these range from the existence of multiple editions or impressions to incompleteness of library records and of descriptions of volumes of tracts.

The Athenaeum

The Athenaeum PDF Author:
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 886

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A Catalogue of the Library of Sir Richard Burton, K.C.M.G., Held by the Royal Anthropological Institute

A Catalogue of the Library of Sir Richard Burton, K.C.M.G., Held by the Royal Anthropological Institute PDF Author: Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Library
Publisher: Huntington Library Press
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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Sir Richard Burton left a large working library at the time of his death in 1890. This library, formerly held by the Royal Anthropological Institute, London, is now at the Huntington Library. The catalogue lists the more than 2500 books, pamphlets, collections, and manuscripts that make up the archive.