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Brotherton Collection57
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Liddle Collection2
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British Museum. Department of Manuscripts20
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James, H12
James, H (1803-1877)12
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Lauer, Philippe (1874-1953)10
Lot, Ferdinand (1866-1952)10
Oxford, Edward Harley, Earl of, 1689-17418
Blessington, Marguerite7

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A catalogue of the manuscripts preserved in the British Museum hitherto undescribed : consisting of five thousand volumes, including the collections of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart., the Rev. Thomas Birch, D.D. and about five hundred volumes bequeathed, presented, or purchased at various times (v.1)

Ayscough, Samuel (1745-1804); Sloane, Sir Hans (1660-1753); Birch, Thomas (1705-1766); British Museum. Department of Manuscripts

1782

"Commenced in April 1780 and published in 1782 by leave of the Trustees, but as a private venture of the compiler." -- Dict. nat. biog.

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A catalogue of the manuscripts preserved in the British Museum hitherto undescribed : consisting of five thousand volumes, including the collections of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart., the Rev. Thomas Birch, D.D. and about five hundred volumes bequeathed, presented, or purchased at various times (v.2)

Ayscough, Samuel (1745-1804); Sloane, Sir Hans (1660-1753); Birch, Thomas (1705-1766); British Museum. Department of Manuscripts

1782

"Commenced in April 1780 and published in 1782 by leave of the Trustees, but as a private venture of the compiler." -- Dict. nat. biog.

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Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliæ et Hiberniæ : in unum collecti, cum indice alphabetico

Bernard, Edward (1638-1697); Wanley, Humphrey (1672-1726)

1697

Title vignette. Vol. 2 has half-title only. Pagination irregular. Index by Humphrey Wanley. Edited by Edward Bernard.

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Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum, qui in bibliothecis Galliae, Helvetiae, Belgii, Britanniae M., Hispaniae, Lusitaniae asservantur

Haenel, Gustav Friedrich (1792-1878)

1830

Haenel visited Sir Thomas Phillips at Middle Hill in 1827; a partial listing of Phillipps' Catalogus Liborum Mss. with ca. 3150 titles is printed here: col. 803-895. Errata: [1] p. at end.

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Facsimiles of national manuscripts of Ireland (v.1)

Gilbert, Sir John Thomas (1829-1898); James, H (1803-1877); Sullivan, Sir Edward (1822-1885); Ireland. Public Record Office; Ordnance Survey of Ireland

1874-1884

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Facsimiles of national manuscripts of Ireland (v.3)

Gilbert, Sir John Thomas (1829-1898); James, H (1803-1877); Sullivan, Sir Edward (1822-1885); Ireland. Public Record Office; Ordnance Survey of Ireland

1874-1884

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Descriptive catalogue of Genizah fragments in Philadelphia

Halper, B; Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning

1922

Cover title. Reprinted from: Jewish quarterly review (New series). Volume XII, number 4 (April 1922), pages 397-433. The fragments described form five main collections, having been formerly owned ...

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Further fragments on medicine from the Genizah

Gottheil, Richard J H (1862-1936); Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning

1931

Cover title. Reprinted from: Jewish quarterly review (New series). Volume XXI, number 4, (April 1931), pages 419-438. The fragments described form five main collections, having been formerly owned...

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The library of A. Chester Beatty : a descriptive catalogue of the western manuscripts (v.1 - text)

Beatty, Sir Alfred Chester (1875-1968); Millar, Eric George

1927-30

Each volume issued in two parts - text and plates.

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The library of A. Chester Beatty : a descriptive catalogue of the western manuscripts (v.1 - plates)

Beatty, Sir Alfred Chester (1875-1968); Millar, Eric George

1927-30

Each volume issued in two parts - text and plates.

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The library of A. Chester Beatty : a descriptive catalogue of the western manuscripts (v.2 - text)

Beatty, Sir Alfred Chester (1875-1968); Millar, Eric George

1927-30

Each volume issued in two parts - text and plates.

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