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Transcript of Observations, anecdotes and characters of books and men collected from conversations, 4 v., by Joseph Spence [manuscript], ca. 1750.

Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768, author.; Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768. Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.; Garnett, Richard, 1835-1906, former owner.; Newcastle, Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, Duke of, 1720-1794, former owner.; Beloe, William, 1756-1817.; Fradelle, Una, former owner.
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Title
Transcript of Observations, anecdotes and characters of books and men collected from conversations, 4 v., by Joseph Spence [manuscript], ca. 1750.
Description
1 v.
Associated name
Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768, author.
Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768. Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
Garnett, Richard, 1835-1906, former owner.
Newcastle, Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, Duke of, 1720-1794, former owner.
Beloe, William, 1756-1817.
Fradelle, Una, former owner.
Scope and content
The text printed in great part in his Anecdotes edited by S.W. Singer, 1820. Note by Richard Garnett suggests, improbably (see Joseph Spence by A. Wright, 1850), that the copy may have been made for the Rev. William Beloe; it was given by Spence's executors to the Duke of Newcastle, 1771, and was given to Garnett by Una Fradelle, 1893.
Note
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Provenance
Formerly Folger MS 880.
Genre/form
Manuscripts (documents)

Call number
N.b.10
Folger accession
cs880