[Commonplace book]
Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock (1849-1928)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1890
Materials
Place of origin
Budapest
Collection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 3205825
Summary
Manuscript notebook or commonplace book of quotations (Bacon, Emerson, Shakespeare, Mill, and others) and useful knowledge, kept by Sir Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock, apparently in the period he was Consul-General, Budapest, 1888–93. Approximately a third of the volume filled. Includes subject based contents on first two unnumbered pages, with a continuation at rear.
Bibliographic description
[2], 84, [4] p. ; 35 cm. Large pastedown label: Kanitz C. Papir raktár Üzleti Könyvgyar, Budapest ... Geschäftsbücher fabrik. [Inscribed]: 108 Szám. 120 Lap. Lipz. Provenance: manuscript of Sir Arthur Nicolson, first Baron Carnock (1849–1928)]. Binding: nineteenth-century green cloth.
Makers and roles
Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock (1849-1928)