Catalogue of the Penrhyn library.
Penrhyn Castle
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1840
Materials
Place of origin
Penrhyn Castle
Collection
Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 3084012
Summary
Bibliographic description
[258] p. . 4to.. A manuscript catalogue in a pre-printed ledger, with entries on the rectos only. Each entry gives author, title, no. of volumes, size and location. A few books are also dated. The first page summarises the arrangement of the library by subject (1. General History.2. Classics & Topography.3. English Literature.4. Voyages & Travels.5. Divinity & Law. 6. Biography.7. Periodicals.8. Natural History & Dictionaries). Pasted into the front of the catalogue a list of books "Sent to Penrhyn Castle. September 1840." Previous shelfmark: V.1.20. Binding: Nineteenth-century straight grained russia leather binding (spine damaged).
Makers and roles
Penrhyn Castle