Sheffield Collection

On 4th November 1907, the Library purchased from Sotheby's part of the collection of John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of sheffield (1735-1821). Sheffield was a leading economic authority of his time, and his collection includes 54 Acts and Proclamations of 1650-1, and six volumes of his scrapbooks. The collection is now part of the Goldsmiths’ Library of Economic Literature.

The Sheffield Collection contains 260 items: books, pamphlets, broadsides, proclamations, Acts of Parliament, scrapbooks.

Resources

• Printed books are accessible via the Main Catalogue.
• Collection-level description from AIM25.
• MS533
• Search the University of London Research Library Services Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue.
  

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