Papers of William Bowyer the Younger, Printer

Collection Level Description: Papers of William Bowyer the Younger, Printer

Reference: MSS. Eng. misc. c. 141-2
Title: Papers of William Bowyer the Younger, Printer
Dates of Creation: 1754-97
Extent: 2 shelfmarks

Language of Material: English

Administrative/Biographical History

William Bowyer (1699-1777) was a printer. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Scope and Content

Papers of William Bowyer, consisting of:

Draft agreements, accounts and correspondence of Bowyer, 1754-9
Accounts of types bought, 1773-80, 1793-7

Administrative Information

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The papers were purchased in 1930.

Access Conditions

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/admissions/).

Further Information

Finding Aids

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 43579-80.

Access Points

Printers

Printing

Bowyer | William | 1699-1777 | Printer

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