Papers of William Bowyer, consisting of:
- Draft agreements, accounts and correspondence of Bowyer, 1754-9
- Accounts of types bought, 1773-80, 1793-7
Papers of William Bowyer the Younger, Printer
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- ReferenceGB 161 MSS. Eng. misc. c. 141-2
- Dates of Creation1754-97
- Language of MaterialEnglish.
- Physical Description2 shelfmarks
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
William Bowyer (1699-1777) was a printer. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
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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 purchased in 1930.
Note
Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 43579-80.