Shelfmark
MS 200
Author
Title
Letters from the late Mr Granger, author of the biographical history. manuscript.
Varying form of title
Other title: Letters between Reverend James Granger and Richard Bull.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London ; Shiplake, England, 1769 June 12 - 1774 December 26.
Physical description
1 volume (143 leaves) : paper ; 24 x 20 cm.
Note
78 letters. The letters are numbered in ink, but some letters have been counted as two and some numbers omitted, resulting in a total shorter than the tally of 82.
Note
Title taken from title-page, written in ink.
Note
Production date and place taken from letters.
Note
Includes some envelopes and seals.
Note
A lithograph portrait of Granger has been inserted on folio [4]r.
Note
The first letter, dated 31 May 1776, was written by Robert Carr to Richard Bull and concerns the return of Bull's letters to Bull after the death of Granger in April.
Note
Tipped in: a letter from Richard Bull to Anthony Morris Storer, 1787, recording his donation of the volume to Storer. Storer's library was bequeathed to Eton College in 1799.
Note
Also enclosed: a letter from M. Kathleen Martin requesting to consult the letters at Eton, 23 October 1910.
Note
Engraved armorial bookplate of Richard Bull of Ongar in Essex.
Binding
Contemporary English half red morocco; boards covered in green, black and red marbled paper; gold tooled single fillet on leather edges; gold tooled single fillet on spine with initials 'M.S.'; marbled endpapers.
Subject
Collectors and collecting England 18th century.
Subject
Prints Collectors and collecting 18th century.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Storer, Anthony Morris, 1746 - 1799 former owner.
Added entry--place
England
Language code
eng
Identifier
B46665