Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks: Glazing Quarries

Scope and Content

A collection of engravings of painted glass embodied in Sir A.W. Franks, Book of ornamental glazing quarries, 238 folios. Fos 2-13 and alternate leaves thereafter are blank.

Access Information

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

The volume was formerly part of the library of the Revd W.G. Searle. Presented by Miss Searle, 1916.

Other Finding Aids

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.

Bibliography

The Book of oramental gazing quarries was printed in London, 1840.