William Herbert: Typographical Antiquities

Drafts of proposed re-impressions, prepared for press by William Herbert. Autograph and other hands.

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Purchased by Sir Thomas Phillipps from Thorpe in 1836, and subsequently Phillipps MS 9441. Lot 395 in the Sotheby's Phillipps sale, March 1895. Purchased of Tregaskis, 28 Mar. 1895.

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The BL copy of J. Ames, Typographical Antiquities, 1749 (shelf-mark C.60.0.5) has numerous annotations in Herbert's hand, and contains, bound in at a later date, manuscript sheets similar to CUL MS Add. 3313-18. Among these sheets is a list of Herbert's abbreviations for his reference works.