Item 12.28 - Notebook, 'Memoranda for editing Bentley's Letters. J. & Chr. Wordsworth'

1 vol., c 197 x 172 x 22 mm. Paginated 1-277; pp. 3, 29, 211, 221, 270 missing; slip pasted to the top of p. 13; 2 ff. pasted together at p. [99]; additional sheets numbered pp. 197(2)-197(14), pp. 229 (2) and pp. 270(2)-270(4) pasted in.
1 loose leaf inside front cover.

Title written out in John Wordsworth's hand on p. 1: 'Memoranda et quaerenda de Bentleii epistolis - et de earum editione a me suscepta'. Table of contents, also in John Wordsworth's hand, written out on pp. 2-20. Contents include: 'Names of persons, books, places &c about which I have to inquire...'; 'List of letters and other papers in the British Museum which I must collate or copy'; 'List of letters and other papers in the British Museum which I must collate or copy'... 'Account of the dispersion of Bentley's Library and notices of particular books containing his mss notes...'; various extracts of works by and about Bentley, his works, and correspondence.

Contents predominantly in John Wordsworth's hand, but some pages, mostly towards the front of the volume, in Christopher Wordsworth's hand.

• English
• Latin