Letters from Charles Lutwidge Dodgson to John Cook Wilson, relating to logic puzzles
MS. Don. d. 208
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Letters from Charles Lutwidge Dodgson to John Cook Wilson, relating to logic puzzles
Shelfmark
MS. Don. d. 208
Summary
Includes:
(fols. i-iii) correspondence between John Sparrow and Morton N. Cohen relating to the collection, 1963
(fols. 1-54) letters from Dodgson to Cook Wilson relating to logic puzzles, 1890-1897, some of which have been published in Lewis Carroll's Symbolic Logic, ed. William Warren Bartley III (New York, 1977)
(fols. 55-67) copies of Cook Wilson's letters to Dodgson and his workings of various problems, 1896
(fols. 68-94) 'Notes on "Metaphrases of Priscianus Lydus" ', by J. Cook Wilson, 1885
(fols. 95-129) annotated galley proofs for 'Symbolic Logic, Part II, Advanced', 1896, which was first published as Lewis Carroll's Symbolic Logic, ed. William Warren Bartley III (New York, 1977)
Date
1890-97, 1963
Language
English
Physical facet
Grey cardboard box, printed label on spine, 'C.L. Dodgson - J. Cook Wilson', booklabel of John Sparrow inside upper flap.
Physical extent
131 Leaves
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Collection contents
Manuscripts collected by John Sparrow, 15th - 20th cent.
Correspondence
Letters from Charles Lutwidge Dodgson to John Cook Wilson, relating to logic puzzles
