Commonplace book : manuscript, 1770.

Commonplace book : manuscript, 1770.

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Description:1 v. ; 19 x 12 cm.
Language:English
French
Subject:
Manuscripts, French -- Great Britain.
Manuscripts, English.
Commonplace books.
Commonplace books.
Manuscripts, English.
Manuscripts, French.
Great Britain.
Autographs (Provenance)
Booksellers' labels (Provenance)
Vellum bindings (Binding)
Gold tooled bindings (Binding)
Lettering pieces (Binding)
Marbled paper bindings (Binding)
Format: Print Archives/Manuscripts
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3247408
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Other authors / contributors:University of Chicago. Library. Codex Ms. 424.
University of Chicago. Library. Special Collections Research Center.
Provenance:Purchase; T.D. Webster (of Norfolk, England), cat. 156 (1964), item 65; 1964.
Former owner's signature in pencil on front flyleaf: Louis Watkinson.
Bookseller's label: T.D. Webster, Antiquarian & Export Bookseller, Mere Manor, Diss, Norfolk.
Binding: Vellum over boards; gilt decorated border on front and back boards; emerald morocco lettering piece; marbled endpapers.
Notes:Text in English and French.
Summary:Small format commonplace book published by John Bell, consisting of blank pages and a few preliminary printed pages.
Cumulative Index / Finding Aids Note:Description available in the Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.

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