Abbey, John Roland
Owner Id00011064
TypePerson
GenderMale
Biographical dates - Period of existence1894 - 1969
Other InformationMajor, book collector and High Sheriff of Sussex; see DNB; A. R. A. Hobson and A. N. L. Munby, `Contemporary Collectors XXVI: John Roland Abbey', Book Collector, 10 (1961), 40-8, repr. in The Pleasures of Bibliophily: Fifty Years of `The Book Collector' (London, 2003), 48-57; Alexis Weedon, `Maj. J. R. Abbey (1894-1969)', in Twentieth-century British Book-collectors and Bibliographers, ed. William Baker and Kenneth Womack, DLB 201 (Detroit, Washington DC, and London, 1999), 3-11; gilt leather book-plate; sale (London: Sotheby & Co., 21 June 1965).
Other Identifierhttps://aeolus.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/collections/incunables/provenances_for_mei.xml#xpointer(//*[@id="66"])
Activity
Start (year)1894
End (year)1969
MARC Area Codee-uk
Profession / Type of InstitutionCivil servant
CharacterisationNo characterisation/lay
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