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- [1820s-1840s] (Creation)
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1 vol., c 185 x 156 x 35 mm. pp. [i]-[xii] (original numbering 1a-4a, rest blank); 1-289; [290]-[292]. Front and inside covers used.
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A letter from W. W. Rouse Ball to the Master of Trinity [J. J. Thomson], dated Apr. 1921, found at the beginning of the book, originally accompanied 'Wordsworth's three red books which are kept in the Lodge'; says he can 'add the accompanying MS and notes which relate to them', given to him by 'Wordsworth of Salisbury', Christopher Wordsworth the Master's grandson. The date of the transfer of these volumes to the Library is uncertain.
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Volume containing notes on matters relating to the college. Index to all three 'Red Book' volumes at front of book, pp. v-xi. Includes notes on the installation of the Master, extracts from Conclusion Books, record of game received as gifts, subjects of classical lectures for 1822-1840 etc,
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- English
- Latin
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See also O.12.54b and O.12.54c, Wordsworth's 'Red Books' 2 and 3. Loose sheets originally at the front of this book, and tied by ribbon between pp. 172-173 can now be found at O.12.54d/1-22.