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Collection Level Description: Papers of John Hodgkin

Reference: MSS. Eng. misc. c. 146-8, d. 218-25, e. 198, f. 59-61; Lat. misc. d. 55-62, e. 84; Eng. lett. c. 11, d. 36
Title: Papers of John Hodgkin
Dates of Creation: 19th-20th cent.
Extent: 26 shelfmarks

Language of Material: English, Latin, and French


Administrative/Biographical History

John Hodgkin (1857-1930) was a bibliophile.

Scope and Content

Essays, notes and transcripts by John Hodgkin relating to bibliographical and other work on William Beckford and on macaronic literature.

Administrative Information

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The papers were bequeathed to the Library by John Hodgkin 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. 43584-610.

Related Units of Description

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Access Points

Bibliography

Macaronic literature

Beckford | William | 1760-1844 | Author, MP, and Art Collector

Hodgkin | John | 1857-1930 | Bibliophile

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