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Autograph catalogue of his library, arranged alphabetically : [England], [1745 or later].

BIB_ID
105106
Accession number
MA 164
Creator
Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771.
Display Date
[1745 or later].
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (41 p.) ; 20.7 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of Gray's catalog of his library (MA 164-5); notes on his reading (MA 166-172); and a copy of Gray's will (MA 173). Items are bound individually but housed together in one drop-spine box. Items are described separately (MA 165-173).
This catalog is undated but includes a book published in 1745, suggesting that Gray compiled the catalog in the mid-1740s or later.
This collection also contains a library catalogue arranged in classes (MA 165).
Summary
Gray's list of the books in his library, arranged alphabetically with the books numbered from 1 under each letter. With occasional marginal notes by Gray (e.g. a bracketed section on "Witchery" under W).