Rare Books

A letter to Sir Thomas Hyde Page, in answer to his letter lately published on the subject of the Eau-Brink Cut

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1793.
Call number: 653693
Creator: Committee of Landowners and Others Interested in the Improvement of the Outfall of the River Ouse(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Maggs Bros. Ltd. Rare Books & Manuscripts, December 2021. Publication date changed to "1794" in ms. on title page. Inscription on title page: 1794 Ja. Golborne. In vol. 7 of twelve pamphlet volumes bound for William Pearce (1744-1820). This volume has Pearce's ms. table of contents and initials WP dated 1809. Probably from a collection begun by James Golborne. Ely Cathedral Library copy, sold at Christie's (30 May 1986:196). Volumes 3-8 of the twelve bought by the Huntington from Maggs Bros., Nov. 2021; the other six were evidently sold earlier and their whereabouts is unknown.
Dimensions: 22 cm (8vo)
Associated people: Page, Thomas Hyde, (1746-1821.); Pearce, William, (1744-1820,)
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