Lq.1.10 - Lq.1.11
James, M.R. (Montague Rhodes), 1862 - 1936 (Montague Rhodes)
A descriptive catalogue of the Latin manuscripts in the John Rylands Library at Manchester / by Montague Rhodes James, Litt.D., F.B.A., F.S.A, ... Provost of Eton; sometimes Provost of King's College, Cambridge.
Manchester ; London ; New York ; Chicago ; Bombay ; Calcutta ; Madras : At the University Press ; Bernard Quaritch Limited ; Longmans, Green & Company, 1921.
2v, plates : ill., facsims.. ; 32cm.
Text in vol 1 and plates in vol 2.
Both vols with a half-title.
Vol 1 includes index.
Both vols with publisher's burgundy cloth binding with lettering stamped in gold on spine.
Two loose periodical clippings featuring reviews of this work (one from the 'Manchester Guardian' 1922-04-26, one in French 1922-07).
Ms. previous shelfmark in pencil.
Ms. corrections throughout vol 1 in M. R. James's hand.
Both vols with armorial bookplate of M. R. James with ms. inscription: "The gift of Provost James. Author's copy, 1921".
Vol 1 with presentation label from the trustees and governors of the John Rylands Library.
John Rylands Library.
England Manchester.
B24200