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- 1608-1905 (Creation)
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3 volumes
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Founded in 1828 by A J Kempe (1785?-1846) and Thomas Crofton Croker (1798-1854), the Society was a convivial club composed of members of the Society of Antiquaries of London. It was dedicated to archaeology and to 'sciences comical and gastronomical'. Other members included Robert Lemon (1779-1835), William Jerdan (1782-1869), John Bowyer Nichols (1779-1863), John Bruce (1802-1869), and Samuel Cowper Brown, MRCS, 'physician in ordinary to the Society'.
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Acquired from a bookseller by T F Dillon Croker, a member of the Society, in 1888. Bookplate of E F Langdale, of Hampton Court.
GB 0120 MSS.5305-5307 1608-1905 Collection (fonds) 3 volumes Society of Noviomagians
Founded in 1828 by A J Kempe (1785?-1846) and Thomas Crofton Croker (1798-1854), the Society was a convivial club composed of members of the Society of Antiquaries of London. It was dedicated to archaeology and to 'sciences comical and gastronomical'. Other members included Robert Lemon (1779-1835), William Jerdan (1782-1869), John Bowyer Nichols (1779-1863), John Bruce (1802-1869), and Samuel Cowper Brown, MRCS, 'physician in ordinary to the Society'.
Acquired from a bookseller by T F Dillon Croker, a member of the Society, in 1888. Bookplate of E F Langdale, of Hampton Court.
Purchased at Stevens' 9 Sept. 1930, lot 361.
Proceedings of the Society of Noviomagians, 1833-39 [Vols 2-3], consisting of letters, papers and minutes bound together with inserted documents and loose papers.
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
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Described in: S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).
Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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Purchased at Stevens' 9 Sept. 1930, lot 361.
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Proceedings of the Society of Noviomagians, 1833-39 [Vols 2-3], consisting of letters, papers and minutes bound together with inserted documents and loose papers.
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The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
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Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
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- English
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- Latin
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Described in: S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).
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In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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