Rare Books

A letter to Sir Thomas Hyde Page, in answer to his letter lately published on the subject of the Eau-Brink cut

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1794.
Call number: 653679
Creator: Committee of Landowners and Others Interested in the Improvement of the Outfall of the River Ouse(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.

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