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mei/00202895 Bib. Lat. 1486 c.1,2.
[00202895]
Oxford, Bodleian Library (GB)
: Bib. Lat. 1486 c.1,2.
Provenance nameAsher, Abraham (Adolf) (1800-1853)Berlin bookseller; from 1853 Asher & Co.; succeeded by Albert Cohn, q.v.; David Paisey, €`Adolphus Asher (1800-1853): Berlin Bookseller, Anglophile and Friend to Panizzi', British Library Journal, 12 (1997), 131-53.
NotePurchased from Abraham Asher & Co. for £3. 3. 0: see Library Bills (1856-8), no. 84, item 2; Books Purchased (1856), 8.
Provenance nameAsher, Abraham (Adolf) (1800-1853)Berlin bookseller; from 1853 Asher & Co.; succeeded by Albert Cohn, q.v.; David Paisey, €`Adolphus Asher (1800-1853): Berlin Bookseller, Anglophile and Friend to Panizzi', British Library Journal, 12 (1997), 131-53.
NotePurchased from Abraham Asher & Co. for £3. 3. 0: see Library Bills (1856-8), no. 84, item 2; Books Purchased (1856), 8.