Two Autograph Letters Signed, to Mr. R.Howden in London, about the arrival of stores at Christ Church, their installation in the Cathedral, and discussing the plan for an Air Dispenser to warm the Bodleian Library
by LAURENCE, Richard
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Christ Church Oxford, 17 January and 23 February 1821. 2½ pages 9 x 7 inches, with the integral address leaves, postmarks, central filing holes. Richard Laurence (17601838) was an English Hebraist and Anglican churchman. He was made Regius Professor of Hebrew and canon of Christ Church, Oxford, in 1814, and Archbishop of Cashel, Ireland, in 1822. Regarding the Bodleian air dispenser, Exeter College has granted the University a strip of ground for the purpose, on which it may be placed, within the Museum Wall ...
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- Title
- Two Autograph Letters Signed, to Mr. R.Howden in London, about the arrival of “stores” at Christ Church, their installation in the Cathedral, and discussing “the plan for an Air Dispenser to warm the Bodleian Library”
- Author
- LAURENCE, Richard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Place of Publication
- Christ Church Oxford, 17 January and 23 February 1821
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...