Photocopies of papers relating to Jonathan Swift, collected by Professor Herbert Davis

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Facs. b. 47-8, c. 51
  • Dates of Creation
    • 20th century (photocopies of 17th and 18th century originals)
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 3 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Photocopies of papers from several libraries, relating to Jonathan Swift, collected by Professor Herbert Davis

Administrative / Biographical History

Herbert John Davis (1893-1967) was Reader in Textual Criticism at Oxford University. Details are given in Who Was Who.

Access Information

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

Given to the Library in 1967.

Note

Collection level description created by Susan Thomas, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

A description is available in the Library, where there is also a card index to unpublished catalogues.

Related Material

See also the papers of Herbert Davis (MSS. Eng. lett. c. 521-7; Eng. misc. c. 786-9).