Catalogue of the books bequeathed to the Philosophical and Literary Society of Leeds, by the late George Baron of Drewton Manor (South Cave, Hull); compiled by J.D. Heaton, honorary librarian
Catalogue of the books bequeathed to the Philosophical and Literary Society of Leeds, by George Baron of Drewton Manor
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- ReferenceGB 206 MS 330
- Dates of Creationca.1860
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- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description1 vol. (49 ff.) Bound in quarter-leather, with marbled boards, and modern pencilled numeration. Ff.15-19 blank. A press-cutting announcing the bequest is pasted inside the front cover.
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society was founded in 1819 and played an important role in further education, in both the sciences and the humanities, in Leeds throughout most of the 19th century. The changing patterns of higher education and other circumstances were causing the Society to reconsider the scope of its activities by the time of the First World War; after the War the Society transferred its museum to the City of Leeds and its library to the University, and concentrated its efforts on publishing the results of research, issuing since 1925 two series of Proceedings (Literary and Historical and Scientific).
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Acquisition Information
The gift of the Society, 1936
Note
In English
Additional Information
The books were bequeathed to the Society in 1854