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Catalogue of the Stowe manuscripts in the British museum.
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Date published
1895
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Publisher
London : Printed by order of the Trustees, 1895-96.
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Accession number
8304504X
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Class
93.014/BRI
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Physical description
2 v ; 25 cm.
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General note: Collection originally formed by George Temple Nugent Grenville, marquis of Buckingham, from various sources (Thomas Astle's collection, Charles O'Conor's Irish mss., the Essex papers and mss.) Extended by Richard, 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, and sold in 1849 by Richard, the 2d duke, to Bertram, earl of Ashburnham. Purchased in 1883 brom theestate of the latter by the British museum, the Irish mss. being transferred to the library of the Royal Irish academy, Dublin. A catalogue of the collection was issued in 1818-19 under title Bibliotheca ms. Stowensiss. Formatted contents note: v. 1. Text. 1895.--v. 2. Index. 1896.