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Herbert, William, (1718-1795), bibliographer, antiquary

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Surname: Herbert
Forenames: William
Gender: Male
Date: 1718-1795
Biography: ODNB link for Herbert, William (1718-1795) Bibliographer Antiquary
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P155977 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P13765 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for William Herbert
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
notebooks (17) rel to history of printing
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 18202
2
notices of early English printers (5 vols)
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Eg MSS 1835-39
3
1793-95: papers rel to Typographical antiquities
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
Add 3313-18
4
1785-90: copy of Joseph Ames' Typographical Antiquities with Herbert's copious MS notes and additions
British Library, Modern English and Reader Services, Humanities and Social Sciences
See RC Alston, Books with manuscript, p9
5
notes in a copy of the New Testament by John Wycliffe
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MS Douce.265
6
account of 'a collection of tracts in black-letter printed by Robert Wyer'
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MS Eng.misc.f.3
7
1782-89: letters (11) to John Price
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MS Add a 64