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ownerEhrman, Albert (1890-1969), 1890 - 1969 diamond merchant; see Albert Ehrman, `Contemporary Collectors II: The Broxbourne Library', Book Collector, 3 (1954), 190-7; part of his collection was presented to the Bodleian Library in 1978, through the Friends of the National Libraries, by John Ehrman, in memory of his parents; now kept as the `Broxbourne Collection', so named from the village of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, where Ehrman was then living; see `The Broxbourne Library', BLR 10 (1979), 78-80. Some items were bought at the Broxbourne sale (London: Sotheby, Parke, Bernet & Co., 14 Nov. 1977, 8 May 1978); see Nicolas Barker, `Albert Ehrman', Book Collector, 19 (1970), 455-64; `News and comments', Book Collector, 27 (1978), 83-7, 552-3; John Bidwell, `Albert Ehrman', in Grolier 2000: A Further Grolier Club Biographical Retrospective in Celebration of the Millennium (New York, 2000), 84-7.
noteProvenance: Albert Ehrman (1890-1969); armorial book-plate; accession no. '2098'.
ownerEhrman, Albert (1890-1969), 1890 - 1969 diamond merchant; see Albert Ehrman, `Contemporary Collectors II: The Broxbourne Library', Book Collector, 3 (1954), 190-7; part of his collection was presented to the Bodleian Library in 1978, through the Friends of the National Libraries, by John Ehrman, in memory of his parents; now kept as the `Broxbourne Collection', so named from the village of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, where Ehrman was then living; see `The Broxbourne Library', BLR 10 (1979), 78-80. Some items were bought at the Broxbourne sale (London: Sotheby, Parke, Bernet & Co., 14 Nov. 1977, 8 May 1978); see Nicolas Barker, `Albert Ehrman', Book Collector, 19 (1970), 455-64; `News and comments', Book Collector, 27 (1978), 83-7, 552-3; John Bidwell, `Albert Ehrman', in Grolier 2000: A Further Grolier Club Biographical Retrospective in Celebration of the Millennium (New York, 2000), 84-7.
noteProvenance: Albert Ehrman (1890-1969); armorial book-plate; accession no. '2098'.
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