Sebright's sale; extracts from manuscripts,
- 708B.
- File
- [1901x1926].
Part of Cwrtmawr manuscripts
A scribbling tablet in the hand of J. H. Davies containing extracts from a copy [in the British Museum] of 'Sebright's Catalogue 1807', i.e. Catalogue of the Duplicates and a considerable portion of the library of Sir John Sebright Bart. (of Beechwood, Herts), also the very curious collection of MSS of ancient chronicles, Monastic History, Charters etc. ... Collected by Sir Roger Twysden and Mr E. Lhwyd, sold by Leigh and S. Sotheby, on Monday, April 6th, 1807 ...; and transcripts of poetry and memoranda largely from Welsh manuscripts in the British Museum.