Letters to Richard and George Bentley, 1829-89.
Letters to Richard and George Bentley, Publishers
This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Reference
- GB 161 MSS. Eng. lett. d. 90, d. 100, e. 25
- Dates of Creation
- 1829-89
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- 3 shelfmarks
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Richard Bentley (1794-1871) and his son George (1828-1895) were both publishers. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
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.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections).
Acquisition Information
The letters were bought at Hodgeson's in 1946.
Note
Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 41641-3.