Catalogue of additions to the manuscripts in the British Museum in the years 1888-1893
London : British Museum, 1894. First Edition. Very good copy in a contemporary library binding of gilt-blocked cloth. Minor library marks remaining. Some edge tears with minor loss around the ends of the spine cover. Panel edges slightly dulled and rubbed. Bumped corners. Front hinge starting. Bright and clean internally, with just some slight yellowing around the page margins. Remains quite well-preserved overall.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 919 pages; Physical description: xxiii, 919p. 26cm. Subjects: British Museum -- Department of Manuscripts -- Catalogs -- Catalogues -- Manuscripts -- Bibliography. Contents: Additional manuscripts 33,345-34,526 - Additional charters and rolls 32,900-39,995 - Detached seals and casts LXXVIII.1-CIII.2 - Papyri CXXI-CCCCLVIII - Egerton manuscripts 2,679-2,790 - Egerton charters and rolls 585-618. Compiled chiefly by I.H. Jeayes, F.B. Bickley and J.A. Herbert, revised by G.F. Warne. Item #220972
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