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THOMAS JAMES, PRINTER
Catalogue reference: Sion L40.2/E26
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- Sion L40.2/E26
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Title (The name of the record)
- THOMAS JAMES, PRINTER
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Date (When the record was created)
- Late 17th century
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Description (What the record is about)
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Commonplace book of Thomas James (d.1711), London bookseller and mathematical printer to the King. James was a descendant of Thomas James (1572/3-1629), Bodley's Librarian and religious controversialist, and was the husband of the authoress Eleanor James. The commonplaces are mainly of a religious and theological nature. One is dated 12 Oct 1672 (p. 13); another 18 Feb 1699 (p. 377). At p. 1 is a title 'Mr. Thomas James's Common Place Book' (not in the hand of the text). The name Thomas James, possibly autograph, is also written at p. 385.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Lambeth Palace Library
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Sion College
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- iv, 386 pp.
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- Recorded in William Reading, 'Bibliothecae cleri Londinensis in Collegio Sionensi catalogus' (London, 1724) with shelfmark C.17. Presumably acquired with the library of Thomas James in 1711. On the bequest by Thomas James (d. 1711) of some 3,000 books to Sion College, see the Sion College Book of Benefactors (Sion L40.2/E64), pp. 128-160. Transferred from Sion College to Lambeth Palace Library, 1996.
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Calf binding, 174 x 117 mm, rebacked. Paper leaves.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/24c742da-b256-4e24-88a1-5900ae474e5c/
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This record is held at Lambeth Palace Library
Within the fonds: Sion L40.2
SION COLLEGE MANUSCRIPTS COLLECTION
Within the sub-fonds: Sion L40.2/E
SION COLLEGE: ENGLISH MANUSCRIPTS
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THOMAS JAMES, PRINTER