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Brotherton Collection27
Herbert Read Collection5
English Literature4
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse1

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private libraries27
rare books11
bibliography5
early printed books5
books4
english drama3
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France2
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Private Libraries Association5
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Chatsworth (England)4
Devonshire, Dukes of4
Devonshire, Dukes of. Library (Chatsworth)4
Devonshire, William Cavendish4
Devonshire, William Cavendish Duke of (1808-1891)4
Lacaita, James Phillip4
Lacaita, Sir James Phillip (1813-1895)4
Cox, E H M (1893-1977)3

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The private library

Private Libraries Association

v.3, no.4 (Oct. 1960) "Quarterly journal of the Private Libraries Association." (varies slightly) Unpaged supplements accompany some issues

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The private library : what we do know, what we don't know, what we ought to know about our books

Humphreys, Arthur L (1865-1946)

1897

What is a good edition? -- What is a fine copy? -- Book values -- On the care of books -- The art of reading -- Common-place books -- Reference books -- Boudoir libraries -- Bookbinding -- Book hobbie...

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Chantilly : le cabinet des livres imprimés antérieurs au milieu du XVIe siècle

Musée Condé. Bibliothèque

1905

Catalog of a portion of the collections of the Bibliothèque du Musée Condé presented by the Duc d'Aumale to the Institut de France in 1886. Introd. signed, Léopold Delisle.

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Catalogue of the library at Chatsworth (v.1)

Devonshire, William Cavendish Duke of (1808-1891); Lacaita, Sir James Phillip (1813-1895); Devonshire, Dukes of. Library (Chatsworth)

1879

Title vignette: Arms of William, 7th duke of Devonshire. Collected by members of the Cavendish family during several generations, more especially by the 6th duke of Devonshire. Catalogued by Sir Jam...

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Catalogue of the library at Chatsworth (v.2)

Devonshire, William Cavendish Duke of (1808-1891); Lacaita, Sir James Phillip (1813-1895); Devonshire, Dukes of. Library (Chatsworth)

1879

Title vignette: Arms of William, 7th duke of Devonshire. Collected by members of the Cavendish family during several generations, more especially by the 6th duke of Devonshire. Catalogued by Sir Jam...

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Catalogue of the library at Chatsworth (v.3)

Devonshire, William Cavendish Duke of (1808-1891); Lacaita, Sir James Phillip (1813-1895); Devonshire, Dukes of. Library (Chatsworth)

1879

Title vignette: Arms of William, 7th duke of Devonshire. Collected by members of the Cavendish family during several generations, more especially by the 6th duke of Devonshire. Catalogued by Sir Jam...

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Catalogue of the library at Chatsworth (v.4)

Devonshire, William Cavendish Duke of (1808-1891); Lacaita, Sir James Phillip (1813-1895); Devonshire, Dukes of. Library (Chatsworth)

1879

Title vignette: Arms of William, 7th duke of Devonshire. Collected by members of the Cavendish family during several generations, more especially by the 6th duke of Devonshire. Catalogued by Sir Jam...

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The Althorp library

Spencer, John Poyntz Spencer Earl (1835-1910)

[1884?]

"Reprinted from Book-Lore." Title from half-title.

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Apollo and Pegasus : an enquiry into the formation and dispersal of a Renaissance library

Hobson, Anthony (1921-2014)

1975

Limited ed. of 620 copies.

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BC MS Lt 55, f. 4r: The opening of John Ayloffe's (?) poem
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Miscellany of satirical poetry and prose

1670s

Miscellany mainly of satirical English poems and prose pieces, 1670s. Poems occupy ff.4r-12v, 19r-26v, 30r-33r, 35r-49r. Satirical prose pieces on political and religious themes appear on ff.12v-19r, ...

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