Catalogue of books in the library at Dyrham Park, Gloucestershire. . Compiled by W. E. Blathwayt.
Rev. Wynter Edward Blathwayt (1859 - 1929)
Category
Books
Date
1905
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 3048450
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2],91 leaves . 8vo.. The printed sheets of the 1905 catalogue have been cut up and pasted together into a ledger in press and shelf order to give an accurate shelf list of the Library in 1905 (possibly a proof copy?) Omissions and notes have been added in manuscript Insertions: (1) a letter dated Nov. 25 1904 from Robert K. Douglas [B.M. Dept. of Oriental printed books and manuscripts] regarding Blathwayt's Arabic translation of Hugo de Groot's 'De veritate [...]'; (2) a single printed sheet containing fols. 90-91 of the 1905 catalogue; (3)five leaves from a 20th century bookseller's catalogue (James G. Commin, Exeter); (4) two folded paper envelopes containing cut-out page numbers and column headings from the printed catalogue. 56 leaves of the ledger have been used for this shelf list.. Binding: half leather; green textured cloth; front board lettered in gilt: Dyrham Park Library shelf list.
Provenance
Indigenous collection purchased by Ministry of Works in 1954 and given to Dyrham Park in 1961.
Makers and roles
Rev. Wynter Edward Blathwayt (1859 - 1929) Dyrham Park