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Date(s)
- [1824?] (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 vol., c 208 x 137 x 70 mm, 31 ff., 2 endpapers at both front and back; 1 folded sheet, loose.
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Repository
Archival history
This manuscript appears as lot 137 in the catalogue of an auction sale by the American Art Association held in New York on 20-21 Dec. 1920, described as 'from several private collections including a portion of the library of the late H. S. Marlor of New York City.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Henry Gage Spicer, Mar. 1937; a letter from Spicer to H. M. Adams, Librarian, dated 16 Mar. accompanies the volume.
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Scope and content
Lettered in gilt on spine: 'Union Society of Trinity College, Cambridge - 1824'. Stamp on verso of second front endpaper, 'Morrell. Binder. London'. Note on first page: 'A few days before the first meeting of the Union Society in Mich[aelm]as term 1824 a… read more
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Publication note
American Art Association Illustrated Catalogue of a Highly Important Collection of Books, Manuscripts, Letters from Several Private Collections, Including a Portion of the Library of the Late H.S. Marlor of New York City: To be Sold ... on Monday and… read more
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Access points
Name access points
- Cambridge Union (Subject)
- Spicer, Henry Gage (1875-1944), paper manufacturer and philanthropist (Subject)
- Adams, Herbert Mayow (1893-1985), librarian (Subject)