Catalogue of the Nostell library.
Charles Winn (1795 - 1874)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1838
Materials
Place of origin
Nostell
Collection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 3078575
Summary
Bibliographic description
296p. . 4to.. Manuscript catalogue of the Library at Nostell Priory, drawn up for Charles Winn (1795-1874). Divided into subjects and then into format. Manuscript calculation of number of volumes in the Library on front flyleaf. Multiple blank leaves throughout. Pp.1-3: index. Seven catalogue cards loosely inserted at rear with manuscript note of titles [presumably from creation of 1953 card catalogue?]. Provenance: Round armorial bookplate; untrimmed, Winn arms impaling Strickland; gothic lettering: Charles Winn Nostell Priory. [i.e.: Charles Winn (1795-1874)]; dated in ms.: 1838.. Binding: Purple grained leather; gilt ruled and lettered on front board: 'Catalogue of the Nostell Library'; binder's stamp on verso of front board: Illingworth & Hicks, binders, Wakefield'; spine lettered in gilt: 'Catalogue'.
Makers and roles
Charles Winn (1795 - 1874), commissioner