Catalogue of Bradenham House library, Norfolk

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Manuscript catalog of approximately 1600 books in the Bradenham House library, Norfolk including eight incunables and a second folio of Shakespeare. The entries are arranged by format beginning with folios and followed by quartos and “octavo et infra” with some titles struck through and annotated with a name. Each entry includes: author, title, place of publication, and date. The library was sold in 1967 in 826 lots by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge in a 2-day sale: “Catalogue of the select library of a gentleman … a valuable portion of the topographical library of the late W.H.H. of Bradenham Hall …”

  • AuthorHaggard, William Henry, 1776-1837.
  • TitleCatalogue of Bradenham House library, Norfolk, [1807-1833].

Catalog Record

LWL Mss Vol. 214

Acquired July 2014