Papers of Falconer Madan relating to his New bibliography of the Eikon Basilike of King Charles the First

Papers of Falconer Madan relating to his New bibliography of the Eikon Basilike of King Charles the First (Oxford & London: 1951) in two volumes. Contents arranged in 'Madan' (bibliography) item number order include:

• letters, 1895-1961
• cuttings, facsimiles and notes, with lists of contents by Madan.

Items found loose and not indexed by Madan include:

• correspondence, 1950-61, arranged alphabetically
• engravings and photographs of portraits of Charles I, 17th-20th century
• facsimiles
• cuttings and offprints, 1899-1961.

Falconer Madan (1851-1935) was Bodley's Librarian, a palaeographer and bibliographer. Details are given in Who Was Who.

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

Given to the Library in 1999.

Collection level description created by Susan Thomas, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

A description is available in the Library, where there is also a card index to unpublished catalogues.

See also collections by Falconer Madan (MSS. Eng. misc. d. 258-9); correspondence of Falconer Madan (MSS. Eng. lett. c. 516-18, d. 483); and papers of Falconer Madan relating to manuscripts of Vergil (MSS. Lat. class. d. 20, e. 23).