Books and Book Collecting
MS. Eng. c. 3206
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Books and Book Collecting
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. c. 3206
Summary
Comprises:
(fols. 1-8) Lyell's original manuscript, as read to a society at Radley College in 1939
(fols. 9-14) a handwritten transcript,c.1951, marked up with corrections and cuts by R. W. Hunt
(fols. 15-19) a typescript of the cut version printed in The Bodleian Library Record, vol. III no. 33 (Dec. 1951), 278-81. One of the cut sections (fols. 5r-7r = 11r-13r) is an extended account of Lyell's purchase in 1935 of the Abingdon Cartulary (MS. Lyell 15)
Date
1926
Language
English
Physical extent
19 Leaves
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Collection contents
Papers of James Patrick Ronaldson Lyell
Publications and lectures by Lyell
Books and Book Collecting
