Detail View: Rylands Collection:
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Image Number:
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JRL18081660
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Reference Number:
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17252 (3b)
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Link to Catalogue:
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Parent Work Title:
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Letter from Charles Rogers to Thomas Astle
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Account of a curious printing block in the possession of Earl Spencer
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Creator:
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Rogers, Charles, 1711-1784
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Date Created:
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1781-01-15
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Page/Sheet:
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3
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Description:
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Later-copied note (from the Spencer-era ownership) bearing the text from an earlier document by the art collector Charles Rogers (1711-1784), written on January 15th, 1781, to Thomas Astle. Rogers’ letter details the scholarly knowledge of the block and woodblock printing current to the late 1700s.
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Language Code:
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eng-GB
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Language:
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English
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Subject:
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Blockbooks
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Subject:
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Early printed books
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Subject:
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Printing--History
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Category of Material:
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Printed
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Paper
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People Covered:
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Astle, Thomas, 1735-1803
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Item Height:
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325 mm
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Item Width:
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200 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2018-08-17
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2018-09
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Rylands
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