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    Lady Mary Booth's Plant Specimen Book
    1725
    Ref:GB 133 Eng MS 1545
    Location:University of Manchester Library
    Name of creator:
    Name of Author: Lady Mary Booth (1704-1772).
    Extent:372 x 240 mm. 1 volume. 91 folios, modern foliation. Medium: paper, with numerous plant specimens pasted in. Binding: quarter-bound in vellum, boards covered in Dutch gilt paper. Condition: some loss to the vellum at the head of the spine; the covers are worn and a little soiled; some of the plant specimens are damaged
    Language:English
  • 2
    Lady Mary Booth's 'La Catechisme de l'Eglise Expliqué'
    1717
    Ref:GB 133 French MS 145
    Location:University of Manchester Library
    Name of creator:
    Name of Author: Lady Mary Booth (1704-1772).
    Extent:182 x 143 mm. 1 volume. 66 folios, paginated [xii] + 110 + [x]. Medium: paper. Binding: bound in contemporary panelled calf, gilt tooled, gilt spine with morocco title label, all edges gilt
    Language:French
  • 3
    Grey (Stamford) of Dunham Massey Papers
    1291-1974
    Ref:GB 133 EGR
    Location:University of Manchester Library
    Name of creator:
    Grey family Earls of Stamford and Warrington,Booth family Earls of Warrington.
    Extent:114.5 linear metres; 14 subfonds. Condition: the majority of items are in good physical condition. Individual items and pieces in poor condition are individually identified below. A number of bundles of estate papers were waterlogged during flooding in the cellars at the Stamford Estate Office in Altrincham in December 1993. This resulted in mould-growth, weakening paper structures, bleeding of inks and surface soiling. Pending conservation work, some material is unsuitable for issue because of its condition
    Language:The majority of items are written in English, with a substantial number of documents, especially medieval title deeds and manorial court records, written in Latin