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Queries offered to the consideration of the principal inhabitants of the city of Ely and towns adjacent, and of all gentlemen elsewhere, who have any estates or interest in, or regard for the south part of the Isle of Ely

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: M.DCC.LVII. [1757].
Call number: 653670
Creator: Bentham, James (1708-1794)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Maggs Bros. Ltd. Rare Books & Manuscripts, December 2021. In vol. 5 of twelve pamphlet volumes bound for William Pearce (1744-1820). This volume is signed by Pearce, dated 1815, and has his ms. table of contents. Probably from a collection begun by James Golborne. Ely Cathedral Library copy, sold at Christie's (30 May 1986:196). Volumes 3-8 of the twelve bought by the Huntington from Maggs Bros., Nov. 2021; the other six were evidently sold earlier and their whereabouts is unknown.
Dimensions: 21 cm (8vo)
Associated people: Bentham, Joseph, (-1778,); Pearce, William, (1744-1820,)
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