Archive of Sydney Roscoe

This material is held atEnglish Faculty Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 481 Z/ROS
  • Dates of Creation
    • [c.1973]
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 5 boxes

Scope and Content

Working papers of Sydney Roscoe for his bibliography John Newbery and his successors 1740-1814 (Five Owls Press, 1973).

Administrative / Biographical History

Sydney Roscoe (fl. 1900-1977) was a solicitor, collector of 18th and 19th century children's books and private press books, and a bibliographer. He published John Newbery and his Successors 1740-1814 in 1973.

Access Information

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Other Finding Aids

An unpublished handlist is available.