A catalogue of the Harleian Collection of manuscripts
Subtitle: purchased by authority of Parliament for the use of the publick, and preserved in the British Museum
By: published by order of the Trustees.
Contributors: Oxford, Edward Harley, Earl of, 1689-1741.; Oxford, Robert Harley, Earl of, 1661-1724.; Wanley, Humphrey, 1672-1726.; Casley, David.; Hocker, William, d. 1759.; Morton, Charles, 1716-1799.; Astle, Thomas, 1735-1803.; Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed by Dryden Leach, and sold by L. Davis and C. Reymers ...
Published: 1759
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: British Museum. Dept. of Manuscripts -- Catalogs; Manuscripts -- Great Britain -- Catalogs -- Early works to 1800; Great Britain -- History -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Catalogs -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Catalogs; Early works to 1800.; Sources; Bibliography
Other titles: Catalogus librorum mss. Bibliothecae Harleianae
Notes: This issue contains portraits, preface (29 p.) dated 24th December, 1762, and index ([86] p.) which are not contained in the original edition, 1759.
Commenced in 1708 by H. Wanley, librarian of the earls of Oxford; continued by D. Casley and W. Hocker, successively; concluded by C. Morton.
Index compiled by Thomas Astle.