The Phillipps Manuscripts : Catalogus Librorum Manuscriptorum in Bibliotheca D. Thomae Phillipps, Bt., Impressum Typis Medio-Montanis, 1837-1871.

Phillipps, Sir Thomas ; Munby, A.N.L.

Verlag: Orskey-Johnson, London, first edition thus, 2001, 2001

Cloth, folio, 30 cm, 436, [62] pp. 23,837 entries. From the blurb: "This is an exact reprint of the famous catalogue of manuscripts originally printed by Sir Thomas Phillipps at his Middle Hill Press, with an introduction by A.N.L. Munby. 'The Phillipps catalogue of MSS', writes Mr Munby, 'is possibly the rarest and most interesting example of this class of literature.". The catalogue of the Phillipps MSS is a source which paleographers, historians, editors and collectors cannot afford to neglect. There is hardly a line of historical or paleographical research in which the enquirer will not profit. To read through the 23,837 entries is the only way to obtain any conception of the fantastic and unimaginable wealth of the greatest collection of manuscripts ever put together by one man. Owing to the now world-wide dispersal of the manuscripts at Sotheby's this reprint assumes an even greater importance. " Fine in Near Fine dustwrapper. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-46338

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Phillipps Manuscripts : Catalogus ...
Verlag: Orskey-Johnson, London, first edition thus, 2001
Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Schutzumschlag
Auflage: 1. Auflage