Catalogue slips of Proclamations
Reference code
LEM
Title
Catalogue slips of Proclamations
Date
c 1850s-1860s (after 1852)
Level of description
Item
Extent and format
2 boxes
Oblong octavo slips.
Oblong octavo slips.
Scope and content
Two small collections of index slips relating to the catalogue of SA collection of proclamations to be compiled by Robert Lemon, junior, FSA (d. 1867). The project was authorised in June 1852 (Library Committee Minutes, 26 June 1852).
Robert Lemon's catalogue of the Society of Antiquaries' collection of printed broadsides was published in 1866; his calendar of proclamations, in six parts, now bound in two volumes, is in the Society's Library.
Robert Lemon's catalogue of the Society of Antiquaries' collection of printed broadsides was published in 1866; his calendar of proclamations, in six parts, now bound in two volumes, is in the Society's Library.
Creator
Lemon, Robert (1800-1867), archivist
Previous reference number(s)
MS 799
Archival history
Incorporated from SA records.
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