Item 12.24 - Notebook kept by John Wordsworth: 'Catalogue of Books (Foreign)'

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O./12.24

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Notebook kept by John Wordsworth: 'Catalogue of Books (Foreign)'

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  • 1835-1939 (Creation)

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1 vol., c 202 x 170 x 21 mm. Paginated [1]-69, rest of book blank.

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Wordsworth, John (1805-1839), classical scholar
(1805-1839)

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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Note on p. [2] 'Catalogue of my books in modern languages. John Wordsworth Trin. Coll. Camb. 1835.' Added below in Jun. 1839: ' For the numbers of books on each of my book-shelves, and the total number of the whole collection see p. 5'.

List of contents on p. 3: 'Dictionaries, Grammars, Grammatical works. French... Italian... German'; 'Travellers' Manuals'; 'Guide books, Topographical and geographical works, Books of travels, Books of engravings, Works on the fine arts, Catalogues of Museums &c in foreign modern languages...'; 'History, Theology, Miscellaneous Prose literature in foreign modern languages...'; Poetical and dramatic works in foreign modern languages...'; 'Numbers of books in each of my bookshelves and sum of the whole in June 1839'.

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  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • German

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    O.12.24

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