Bills for binding

  • Reference
    • GB 133 Eng MS 440
  • Dates of Creation
    • 18th century
  • Physical Description
    • 300 x 232 mm 6 items bound in 1 volume

Scope and Content

Bills for binding by Roger Payne giving detailed commentary on the condition of the items and the new binding. Includes letter to Henry Guppy [Librarian of the John Rylands Library] from K. [Latifi], 31 October 1936, regarding other Payne binding bills for books in the Spencer Collection.

Acquisition Information

We do not know how this manuscript came to the JRL. It was accessioned in March 1928, possibly some time after it was acquired.

Other Finding Aids

Catalogued in the Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, 1928 (English MS 440).