Papers of the Nichols Family, Printers and Publishers

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  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 161 MSS. Eng. b. 2071-7, c. 6165-6
  • Dates of Creation
      1785-1854
  • Language of Material
      English.
  • Physical Description
      9 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Papers and collections of the Nichols family, consisting of correspondence and "Family Records", volumes containing collections of family papers.

Administrative / Biographical History

John Nichols (1745-1826) and his son, John Bowyer Nichols (1779-1863), were both printers and antiquaries, and were proprietors of the Gentleman's Magazine. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Access Information

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections).

Acquisition Information

The papers were bought, with the help of Robin Myers, from Questor Rare Books in 1997.

Note

Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

A catalogue of the collection is available online at http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollectionswmss/online/online.htm.

Related Material

Included with the purchase were a copy of R.C. Nichols, Reviews of the late John Gough Nichols (Westminster, 1874) with a photograph of [J.B. Nichols] inserted at the back of the volume, and a Nichols bookseller's catalogue, 1 Feb.-1 Aug. 1826, with some notes. Both transferred to the Department of Printed Books.

See also Nichols Papers (MSS. Eng. lett. b. 11-17; c. 354-71) and Gough Nichols Manuscripts (MSS. Eng. misc. f. 12; Top. gen. c. 6-14, d. 1-4, e. 16-45, f. 31-2).