BIB_ID
190312
Accession number
MA 9087.60
Creator
Brooke, Stopford A. (Stopford Augustus), 1832-1916.
Display Date
undated.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 15.7 x 10 cm
Notes
It is possible that these were books from Wordsworth's library that Brooke and the other Trustees were considering purchasing for Dove Cottage -- see MA 9087.20 for a letter that may refer to this list.
From the collection of William Angus Knight.
From the collection of William Angus Knight.
Summary
A list of fifteen books and manuscripts, including Thomas West's A Guide to the Lakes, Boswell's Life of Johnson, Sidney's Apologie for poetrie (listed as "Defence of Poetry"), books on painting by Benjamin Haydon and on British history by Geoffrey of Monmouth, and the manuscript of Wordsworth's "Ode on the Installation of H.R.H. Prince Albert as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge." Brooke has written prices next to each title.
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