Borrow (George Henry), The Bible in Spain, (parts) English-Romany vocabulary and letter.
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: Borrow (George Henry), The Bible in Spain, (parts) English-Romany vocabulary and letter.
Classmark: BC MS ROM 1/3/3/1
Original reference: BC MS 19c Borrow
Creator(s): Borrow, George Henry (1803-1881)
Date(s): June 1839
Size and medium: 1 volume
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/504865
Collection group(s): Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections
Description
Autograph (handwritten) manuscript notebook containing the following:
1) "The Bible in Spain;" Chapter 14 entire, and fragments of Chapters 16, 52 and 53. [ ff. 1-15;]
2) draft of a letter rejecting the view that the Gypsies are of Jewish origin; [ff. 27, 26]
3)English-Romany vocabulary. [ff. 28-end].
Inside front cover reads the title, "Account Book,"and DUR bookplate. Inside rear cover includes a descrition of the item from bookseller, (Bernard Quaritch's Catalogue No. 550).
Also included are 4 small slips of paper with notes on the contents, [presumably the work of the cataloguer in 1962].
Physical characteristics
Measurement details: ff. 37. 180 x110 mm
Access and usage
Reproduction
Access
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Physical and technical conditions
Notebook - both front and back covers have become detached.