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Catalogue of a collection of early French books in the library of C. Fairfax Murray: PB 1910.1

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Titles

Catalogue of a collection of early French books in the library of C. Fairfax Murray

Maker(s)

Publisher: Murray, Charles Fairfax
Compiler: Davies, Hugh Wm.

Categories

Description

Compiled by Hugh Wm. Davies

Embraces the period 1475 to 1692; 2 items respectively dated 1705 and 1728 are included as containing woodcuts belonging to a much earlier period. The majority of the books were printed in France, a few from presses at Louvain, Antwerp, La Haye, Middleburg, and Geneva being included, as most of them are in the French language. The main portion of the collection consists of books with cuts, which have been chosen as representative of book-illustration in France. cf. Pref.
707 entries. Full descriptions, except for the 7 works acquired from the Didot library when the catalog was ready for the press. Numerous facsimiles.
Indexes: I. Authors & persons mentioned. II. Titles, subjects and places. III. Printers and publishers. IV. Names of former owners.
Companion work to the "Catalogue of a collection of early German books in the library of C. Fairfax Murray," issued in 2 vols., 1913.

2 v. : col.fronts.,illus.,plates(part col.) ports.,facsims ; 31 cm

Place(s) associated

  • London ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1910-12-31) by Murray, Charles Fairfax

Dating

Production date: AD 1910

Note

Privately Printed. "One hundred copies printed."-- t.p. verso.

Quarter bound in blue cloth, blue paper sides over boards; paper label on spine.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 1910.1
Primary reference Number: 98402
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 20 May 2021 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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