The Brotherton Collection, University of Leeds : its contents described with illustrations of fifty books and manuscripts
by Brotherton Library
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in slightly marked dustwrapper
- ISBN 10
- 0902454072
- ISBN 13
- 9780902454071
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About This Item
Leeds University Library, Leeds, first edition, 1986. Cloth, large 8vo, 30 cm,. xiii, 108 pp, plates. The Brotherton Collection is the foremost collection of rare books and manuscripts in the library of Leeds University. It is based on the private library formed by Lord Brotherton of Wakefield (1856-1930), a Leeds industrialist, book collector and philanthropist.... This volume celebrates the Brotherton Collection's 50th anniversary by illustrating fifty important items from it and describing them and the sections of the very varied Collection from which they are drawn" - from the introduction. Fine in slightly marked dustwrapper.
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- Wykeham Books
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- Title
- The Brotherton Collection, University of Leeds : its contents described with illustrations of fifty books and manuscripts
- Author
- Brotherton Library
- Format/Binding
- Cloth, large 8vo, 30 cm,
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in slightly marked dustwrapper
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0902454072
- ISBN 13
- 9780902454071
- Publisher
- Leeds University Library, Leeds, first edition, 1986
- Date Published
- 1986
- Pages
- xiii, 108 pp, plates
- Keywords
- Rare books England Leeds (West Yorkshire) Bibliography Catalogs. Manuscripts England Leeds (West Yorkshire) Catalogs. Brotherton Library Catalogs. English literature Manuscripts Catalogs. Brotherton Library. 0902454072
- Bookseller catalogs
- Library Catalogues;
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