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Title
Annotations on A list of various editions of the Bible.
Alternative Title
A list of various editions of the Bible. London, 1778.
Creator
Cotton, Henry, 1789-1879.
Ducarel, Andrew Coltee, 1713-1785
Contributor
Crawford, Alexander Crawford Lindsay, Earl of, 1812-1880, former owner.
Crawford, James Ludovic Lindsay, Earl of, 1847-1913, former owner.
Holmes, Robert, 1748-1805, former owner.
Date Created and/or Issued
about 1821-1836?
Contributing Institution
UCLA, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Collection
Early Modern Annotated Books from UCLA’s Clark Library
Rights Information
Public Domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description
Scope/Content: Manuscript annotations in printed book.
Scope/Content: Interleaved copy of the 2nd edition of Ducarel's List of various editions of the Bible, with copious bibliographic notes and annotations by Henry Cotton, likely used as part of his research for his List of Editions of the Bible in English from 1505 to 1820. Notes on the interleaves include extensive information regarding other editions of the Bible as well as corrections and updated notes about library holdings as well as private libraries and booksellers where Cotton consulted various works. A review of the 1821 edition of Cotton's bibliography (taken from an unknown journal) is laid in at the front of the volume.
Condition: Bound in half vellum with marbled paper boards; mostly illegible manuscript title on spine; front hinge defective and front endpapers detatched.
Type
text
Form/Genre
Bibliographies--England--18th century.
Annotations (Provenance)--England--18th century.
Bookplates (Provenance)--England--19th century.
Extent
[198] pages, bound ; 24 cm
Identifier
ark:/21198/n1z30f
ZBS D823 1778 copy 2 *
Language
English
Subject
Bible.--English--Bibliography.
Bible.--Psalms.--English--Bibliography.
Ducarel, Andrew Coltee, 1713-1785.--List of various editions of the Bible.--1778.
Place
Ireland--South Tipperary--Cashel.
Provenance
Book-plate of Bibliotheca Lindesiana on front paste-down endpaper; Inscribed "Robert Holmes, New College, May 1779" on page preceding title page with additional bibliographical notes on the printed text by Holmes; Inscribed "H. Cotton, Lindsay" on title page.
Location
CLUW

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