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Holkham Library : a history and description: PB 7-2006

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Holkham Library : a history and description

Maker(s)

Author: Mortlock, D. P.
Publisher: Roxburghe Club
Printer: Smith Settle Limited
Designer: Geoff Green Book Design

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Description

D.P. Mortlock ; with a foreword by the Earl of Leicester

"Dedicated and presented to the President and Members of the Roxburghe Club by the Earl of Leicester" -- p. [v].
"300 copies of this special edition have been printed of which 200 are for sale" -- t.p. verso. "Designed in Monotype Centaur and produced by Geoff Green Book Design, Cambridge. Printed and bound ... by Smith Settle, Otley, Yorkshire on Zandars 200 gsm Pure Creme." - t.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-135) and index.
Text mainly in English, with some Latin.
Published - Cambridge : Privately printed for the Members of the Roxburghe Club, 2006

Xv, 140 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 36 cm.

Place(s) associated

  • Otley
  • Cambridge (Cambs.)

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2006) by Maggs Bros.

Dating

Production date: AD 2006

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 7-2006
Primary reference Number: 140902
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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