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For the Love of Books: Collectors and Collections. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago Library
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7th March 2019
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Curated by Donald Kerr and Romilly Smith
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Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan
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Lafcadio Hearn
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c. 1894
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Special Collections DS809 HD885
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Books
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London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.
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Willi Fels travelled a great deal, visiting Europe many times. He also travelled to Japan, and secured a number of artifacts that are now housed in the Otago Museum. Special Collections has a number of works by the Greek-born, American journalist turned Japanophile, Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) that were once owned by Fels. Hearn readily adopted Japanese culture, and on marrying a Samurai’s daughter, he became known as Koizumi Yakumo. Hearn wrote extensively about Japan, with <em>Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan</em> (1894) his first on his adopted country. Perhaps Fels, the connoisseur collector, met Hearn while in Tokyo.
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Special Collections
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For the Love of Books: Collectors and Collections. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago Library
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7th March 2019
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Curated by Donald Kerr and Romilly Smith
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Helvetiorum Respublica
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___
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1627
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Shoults La 1627 H
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Books
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[Leiden: Elzevir]
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The Dutch firm of Elzevir was established about 1585. They produced small format editions which have always been collectible. Bibliophiles (booklovers) throughout time have sought out the tallest and freshest copies, known for their elegance of design, neatness, clearness and regularity of type. Indeed, collectors have been known to deny themselves life’s necessaries for the sake of accumulating as many little Elzevirs as possible. Shoults was no different. The <strong>Shoults Collection</strong> contains 105 copies of these editions; a respectable number for any library. Many had engraved title-pages, like this second edition of <em>Helvetiorum Respublica</em> (1627), a reprint of works on Switzerland that initiated from Josias Simmler’s <em>De Republica Helvetiorum</em> (1576).
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Special Collections
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For the Love of Books: Collectors and Collections. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago Library
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7th March 2019
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Curated by Donald Kerr and Romilly Smith
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Image of Truby King reproduced from Truby King, the Man: A Biography
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Mary King
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1948
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Special Collections WZ100 K56 K558 1948
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Photographs
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London: George Allen & Unwin
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Plunket Society founder, doctor, scientist, and farmer, Dr Frederic Truby King.
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For the Love of Books: Collectors and Collections. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago Library
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7th March 2019
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Curated by Donald Kerr and Romilly Smith
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Law of Highways. The General Turnpike Act, The General Statute Labour Act for Scotland
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Hugh Barclay
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1847
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McGlashan KDC441 B37 1847
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Books
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Edinburgh: T. and T. Clark
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John McGlashan (1802-64) was born in Edinburgh, and studied to become a solicitor. Profound deafness meant he was unable to practice in court but according to <em>Te Ara</em>, McGlashan ‘established his reputation by numerous writings on legal subjects.’ This rather dry volume from his library on the General Turnpike Act of Scotland is a presentation copy from the author, Hugh Barclay (1799-1884). The <strong>McGlashan Collection</strong>, of about 100 volumes, was gifted to Special Collections in 1945.
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Special Collections
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For the Love of Books: Collectors and Collections. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago Library
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7th March 2019
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Curated by Donald Kerr and Romilly Smith
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Log of Voyage from London to Madras to China to St. Helena to London, 9 November 1779 to 2 November 1781
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<em>Ship York</em>
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1779-1781
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Shoults MS.5
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Books
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Unpublished
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Many book collectors have fields of collecting which are formed either by following an established collecting tradition (first editions), or from personal interest (a liking for the novels of Anthony Trollope). However, there are always one or two items that fall outside the collecting field, often acquired through happenstance, or for some unknown reason. The logbook of the<em> Ship York</em> in the <strong>Shoults Collection</strong> is but one example, obtained outside his collecting fields of religious books, early printed books, and Elzevirs. This East Indiaman vessel made five voyages for the British East India Company between 1773 and 1787. On this particular journey to Madras and China in 1780, she was under command of Captain Arthur Blanshard.
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For the Love of Books: Collectors and Collections. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago Library
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7th March 2019
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Curated by Donald Kerr and Romilly Smith
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Manuscript letter from J. G. Lockhart to James Hogg
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John Gibson Lockhart
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1832
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Hogg Manuscripts, Folder Five
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Manuscripts
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Unpublished
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James Hogg and Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) first became acquainted in 1802. This acquaintance gradually developed into a friendship of almost thirty years. In this letter to Hogg, Scott’s son-in-law, John Gibson Lockhart (1794-1854), writes that Scott had suffered another stroke on a return trip from the Continent. Scott returned to his home, Abbotsford, and Hogg twice tried to visit, but was not allowed to see the author. Scott died on 21 September 1832. The <strong>Hogg Collection</strong> contains a number of letters, and the correspondents include Hogg’s bow-maker, Peter Muir; editor and abolitionist, Thomas Pringle; and the editor of the<em> Juvenile Forget-Me-Not</em>, Anna Maria Hall.
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Special Collections
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For the Love of Books: Collectors and Collections. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago Library
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7th March 2019
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Curated by Donald Kerr and Romilly Smith
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Mathematics and Chemistry Exam Finals Pass Certificate for Joseph Mellor
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University of New Zealand
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1897
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Mellor Papers Box 7, Folder 2
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Certificates
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Unpublished
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Chemist and ceramicist, Joseph William Mellor (1869-1938) was born in England and emigrated with his family to Dunedin in 1879. He was obsessed with chemistry from an early age, and while working in Sargood’s Boot Factory, he studied at Dunedin Technical School. Mellor went on to graduate from the University of New Zealand, and gained a scholarship to Owen’s College, Manchester. He and his wife, Emma, left Port Chalmers for England in 1899; he would never return. The <strong>Mellor Collection</strong> came to Special Collections in 1945, and it includes books, manuscripts, diagrams, correspondence, and photographs, amongst other things. Emma Mellor gifted other items to various institutions in Dunedin at the same time.
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For the Love of Books: Collectors and Collections. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago Library
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7th March 2019
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Curated by Donald Kerr and Romilly Smith
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Observations on Hydrocephalus Chronicus
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Alexander Monro, Jun.
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1803
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Monro M128
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Books
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Edinburgh: Printed by A. Neill and Co.
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Monro <em>tertius</em> (1773-1859) held the Chair of Anatomy at Edinburgh University for about 50 years, initially in tandem with his father, Monro <em>secundus</em>. Tertius’s reputation as a teacher was not great, which was perhaps an unfair assessment. However, Charles Darwin was a student of his, and lamented Monro’s ‘dull’ teaching style, and dirty habit. This volume contains various publications bound together. The plate showing a child with hydrocephaly accompanies one of Monro <em>tertius</em>’s many publications. Interestingly, during his career, he dissected the corpse of the ‘body snatcher’, William Burke (1792-1829), and afterwards wrote a letter in Burke’s blood.
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Special Collections
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For the Love of Books: Collectors and Collections. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago Library
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7th March 2019
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Curated by Donald Kerr and Romilly Smith
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Orlando Furioso
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Ludovico Ariosto
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c. 1556
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De Beer Itb 1556 A
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Books
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[Venice]: Felice Valgrisi
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In 1946, Willi Fels donated some 400 of his most valuable pre-1801 printed books to the University of Otago. Many of these books carried German or Italian imprints. One work he gave was Ludovico Ariosto’s epic poem <em>Orlando Furioso</em> (<em>The Frenzy of Orlando</em>), printed in Venice in 1556. This chivalric romance is set in the time of Charlemagne’s Christian knights warring against the Saracen army. The poem contains 46 cantos and he used <em>ottava rima</em>, the famed ‘abababcc’ rhyming scheme. Not only was the work immensely successful, but this particular edition represents one of the high points of 16th century Italian illustrated books.
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Special Collections
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For the Love of Books: Collectors and Collections. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago Library
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7th March 2019
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Curated by Donald Kerr and Romilly Smith
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Oxford University Press General Catalogue, 1926
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Oxford University Press
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1926
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Special Collections Z1036 OZ5 1926
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Catalogs
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Oxford: Issued by Humphrey Milford, Publisher to the University of Oxford
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Donated by Special Collections’ prime benefactor, Esmond de Beer, this volume, <em>Oxford University Press General Catalogue</em>, is part of de Beer’s Locke Collection, a collection within the<strong> Stack</strong>. Esmond and his sisters, Dora and Mary, established a fund to provide ongoing support to Special Collections, and many books have been donated by, or once owned by, Esmond or members of his extended family.
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Special Collections
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For the Love of Books: Collectors and Collections. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago Library
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7th March 2019
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Curated by Donald Kerr and Romilly Smith
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Paradise Lost
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John Milton
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1827
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De Beer Ec 1827 M
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Books
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London: Septimus Prowett
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‘Dark to light’ mezzotint engraving was probably the most appropriate medium to use to create images of John Milton’s <em>Paradise Lost,</em> the epic poem on the ‘Creation’ and ‘Mankind’s Fall’. Samuel Prowett paid the British artist John Martin (1789-1854) 2000 guineas to produce 24 engravings to complement Milton’s famed text; he received a further 1500 guineas for a second smaller set of 24. The images he created are dramatic. Published in 1827, the two-volume book, and the prints (many sold separately) were a commercial success. This rare edition sits in the <strong>de Beer Collection</strong>, among many other outsized editions such as 16th century herbals, the voyages of Captain Cook, Edward Gibbon’s Decline and Fall, and the musical works of Handel. There is variety indeed.
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Special Collections
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For the Love of Books: Collectors and Collections. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago Library
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7th March 2019
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Curated by Donald Kerr and Romilly Smith
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Photograph of Joseph William Mellor
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John L. Russell & Sons (London)
Date
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c. 1930
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Mellor Papers, Box 16
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Photographs
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Unpublished
Abstract
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Numerous portraits exist of Joseph W. Mellor, chemist, ceramicist, and cartoonist. Significant occasions throughout his life were often the driving factor for him to sit, be still, and be photographed.
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For the Love of Books: Collectors and Collections. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago Library
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7th March 2019
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Curated by Donald Kerr and Romilly Smith
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Poems and Ballads
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Algernon Charles Swinburne
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1866
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Special Collections PR5505 1866
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Books
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London: John Camden Hotten
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Over the years, the English poet Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909) has gained a reputation for having produced fine metred verse. His life, however, courted controversy and scandal. He was suspended from College (Balliol, Oxford) and seemingly led a life of vice; he liked being flogged. He wrote about topics such as lesbianism, cannibalism, and sado-masochism, and was pigeon-holed into the ‘decadent school’. Swinburne’s <em>Poems and Ballads</em> (1866) was his first collection of work and it contains elements of the above topics. It was popular and controversial. For some reason, Fels collected Swinburne first editions, owning some 18 titles. The plain unpretentious book label in this first Hotten edition records Fels’s gift to the University Library.
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For the Love of Books: Collectors and Collections. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago Library
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7th March 2019
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Curated by Donald Kerr and Romilly Smith
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Poems on Several Occasions
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Mary Masters
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1733
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De Beer 1733 M
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Books
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London: Printed by T. Browne, for the author
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Iolo Aneurin Williams (1890-1962) was an art historian and bibliographer, who penned such works as <em>Early English Watercolours</em> (1952), <em>Seven Eighteenth-century Bibliographies</em> (1924), and <em>The Elements of Book Collecting</em> (1927). In 1958, Esmond de Beer purchased from Williams his working collection of minor 18th century verse, some 1200 volumes. Forming part of the <strong>de Beer Collection</strong>, these works – ‘one man’s gatherings of lesser poets’ - were gifted to the University Library. Miscellanies feature, especially ‘Poems written on Several Occasions’. Mary Masters (c.1694-1759), a self-taught poet of humble birth, gained some attention by her association with Samuel Johnson. This is the first and only edition of her <em>Poems on Several Occasions</em> (1733).
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For the Love of Books: Collectors and Collections. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago Library
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7th March 2019
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Curated by Donald Kerr and Romilly Smith
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Portrait of John McGlashan
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c. 1860
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With kind permission Toitū, Otago Settlers Museum, Dunedin
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Portraits
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Unpublished
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Portrait of John McGlashan (1802-64).
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For the Love of Books: Collectors and Collections. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago Library
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7th March 2019
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Curated by Donald Kerr and Romilly Smith
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Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18: Volume XII: The Copper Eskimos
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Diamond Jenness
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1923
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Scientific Expedition Reports Q115 C2 1913 vol. 12
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Books
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Ottawa: F. A. Acland
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Wellington-born, Diamond Jenness (1886-1969), was employed by Canadian Arctic Expedition leader, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, as an ethnologist. In his own words, Jenness was ‘to study their [‘Copper Eskimos’] physical anthropology, technology, and archaeology.’ He spent two years living with the indigenous people of the Coronation Gulf region, between mainland Canada and Victoria Island, in the Arctic Circle. Within the nomadic band he attached himself to, Jenness was ‘adopted’ by Copper Inuit hunter Ikpakhuak and his wife Higilak (pictured here). This volume is the anthropologist’s report of his experience. Jenness’s research helped to cement his reputation as an eminent ethnologist, and in 1926, he became Canada’s Chief Anthropologist.
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Special Collections
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For the Love of Books: Collectors and Collections. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago Library
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7th March 2019
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Curated by Donald Kerr and Romilly Smith
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Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Alert’ 1881-2
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British Museum
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1884
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Scientific Expedition Reports Q115 A552 1881
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Books
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London: Printed by Order of the Trustees
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Special Collections received the <strong>Scientific Expedition Reports</strong> in about 2013. They are rich in colourful plates and photographs, scientific descriptions, anthropological and geographical observations, and general insights into expeditionary life. From the Arctic to the Antarctic, from Uganda to Patagonia, the earliest of the reports dates from Dumont D’Urville’s expedition in the Astrolabe 1826-29, and the latest are from the University of Canterbury Snares Islands Expeditions beginning in the 1960s. This volume contains the findings of the voyage of <em>HMS Alert</em>, captained by George Strong Nares (1831-1915), which was an expedition to explore the waters in and around Patagonia, Polynesia and the Mascarene Island group in the Indian Ocean near Madagascar. This plate features detailed drawings of some ‘Alcyonarians’ or corals.
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Special Collections
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For the Love of Books: Collectors and Collections. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago Library
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7th March 2019
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Curated by Donald Kerr and Romilly Smith
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Saxifrages or Rockfoils
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Walter Irving and Reginald A. Malby
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1915
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Truby King QK495 S3 IQ3
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Books
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London: Swarthmore Press
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The King family had a reputation as ‘great gardeners’. Truby certainly inherited a ‘green thumb’, and his philosophy was that good nutrition was vital for good mental health. His library is littered with books on farming, vegetable planting, fruit growing, garden design, books on strawberries and rhododendrons, and this volume, <em>Saxifrages or Rockfoils</em>.
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Special Collections
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For the Love of Books: Collectors and Collections. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago Library
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7th March 2019
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Curated by Donald Kerr and Romilly Smith
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Scenes of a Clerical Life
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George Eliot
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c. 1859
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Brasch PR4669 S3 1859
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Books
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Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons
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Willi Fels did not just concentrate on the classical and the antiquarian. ‘Modern’ works also caught his discerning eye. <em>Scenes of Clerical Life</em> was George Eliot’s first published work of fiction, and the first to contain her famous pseudonym. This stereotyped edition is from a ‘Novels of’ series published by Blackwood and Sons about 1880. It was owned by Fels, and has his signature at the front. Interestingly, this copy was passed on to his grandson Charles Brasch, who was the family genealogist. It contains his annotations and notes.
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Special Collections
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For the Love of Books: Collectors and Collections. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago Library
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7th March 2019
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Curated by Donald Kerr and Romilly Smith
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Shakspeare’s Dramatic Works: with a Life of the Author, and a Selection of Notes, Critical, Historical, and Explanatory. Vol. II
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William Shakespeare
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1830
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McGlashan PR2753 H25 1830
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Books
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London: J.F. Dove
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Not only was McGlashan a political animal and religious leader, but he was also a fervent educationalist. He believed in education as a path to equality, and he served on the Otago Education Board from 1856. John McGlashan College in Pilkington Street, Dunedin, is one of the legacies of McGlashan’s education philosophies – his daughter gifted the family home, and the land it sat on, for use as the school grounds in 1918. According to their website, John McGlashan College tries to uphold their namesake’s beliefs by maintaining the ‘tradition of academic excellence’. Perhaps they still study such great works as this Shakespeare, which was once in the College’s library.
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Special Collections
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For the Love of Books: Collectors and Collections. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago Library
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7th March 2019
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Curated by Donald Kerr and Romilly Smith
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Sonnets to Orpheus: Written as a Monument for Wera Ouckama Knoop
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Rainer Maria Rilke
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1936
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Brasch PT2635 I65 S66 1936
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Books
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London: Published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press
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Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is considered one of the greatest lyric poets of modern Germany. In 1928, Brasch bought an Insel Verlag edition of poems by Rilke. Two years later, in April 1930, he bought a German edition of Rilke’s <em>Letters to a Young Poet</em>. From this edition, he translated passages for the second issue of <em>Phoenix</em>, perhaps the earliest translations of this writer to appear in English. Brasch was enthusiastic about the <em>Letters</em>, noting: ‘Yes they were addressed to me!’ The influence lasted, for Brasch collected and read other Rilke titles, including this Leonard and Virginia Woolf published edition of 1936.
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Special Collections
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For the Love of Books: Collectors and Collections. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago Library
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7th March 2019
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Curated by Donald Kerr and Romilly Smith
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Stories of Red Hanrahan and The Secret Rose
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William Butler Yeats
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1927
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Brasch PR5904 S76 1927
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Books
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London: Macmillan
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In 1935, Brasch visited Ireland, travelling to places such as Dublin, Gort, Coole, and Sligo. Reading material he carried with him included Yeats’s <em>Collected Poems</em>. The influence was profound: ‘Here was the work of a living poet which sounded like sea surge in my ears and haunted me no less than that of any of the great dead.’ In 1939, Yeats died as did Brasch’s sister Lesley. He wrote gloomily: ‘It was the worst time I had ever known.’ Yeats was always a constant. In 1927, he bought this copy of Yeats’s <em>Red Hanrahan</em>, a reprint from the original in 1897. Reading it, he was able to soak up Irish history and culture told in Yeats’s own inimitable style.
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Special Collections
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For the Love of Books: Collectors and Collections. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago Library
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7th March 2019
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Curated by Donald Kerr and Romilly Smith
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Switzerland and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and Tyrol: Handbook for Travellers. 5th ed. revised and augmented
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Karl Baedeker
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1872
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Special Collections DQ16 B351 1872
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Books
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Coblenz: K. Baedeker
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This early Baedeker on Switzerland is from the <strong>de Beer Collection</strong>, and would have been an invaluable guide to many travellers to the country and surrounding areas.
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Special Collections
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For the Love of Books: Collectors and Collections. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago Library
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7th March 2019
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Curated by Donald Kerr and Romilly Smith
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Sylva, or, A Discourse of Forest-trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions
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John Evelyn
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1664
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De Beer Ec 1664 E
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Books
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London: Printed by [John Martyn and James Allestry], Printers to the Royal Society
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In September 1931, the Delegates of the Clarendon Press invited Esmond de Beer to prepare and edit the first full edition of John Evelyn’s diary. In pursuit of Evelyn (1620-1706), de Beer travelled to Italy (which he loved), France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The <em>Diary</em>, which covered Evelyn’s life from 1640 to 1706, was published in six volumes in 1955, to universal acclaim. As part of his preparation for this project, de Beer collected the works of Evelyn, many quite scarce, and if ever available, expensive. <em>Sylva</em>, the first publication of the then newly formed Royal Society, was Evelyn’s treatise on the practical instruction in the growth and management of trees. A popular work, it was reprinted numerous times. This is the scarce first edition.
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Special Collections
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For the Love of Books: Collectors and Collections. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago Library
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7th March 2019
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Curated by Donald Kerr and Romilly Smith
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The Anatomy of the Human Nerves, with an Account of the Reciprocal Motions of the Heart, and a Description of the Human Lacteal Sac and Duct. 5th edition
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Alexander Monro
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1758
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Monro M161iii
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Books
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Edinburgh: Printed for G. Hamilton and J. Balfour
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The <strong>Monro Collection</strong> consists of about 400 printed medical books and manuscripts owned in turn, and added to, by a father (<em>primus</em> 1697-1767), son (<em>secundus</em> 1733-1817), and grandson (<em>tertius</em> 1773-1859) – all of whom were called Alexander Monro. They were all medical doctors, and held the Chair of Anatomy at Edinburgh University. In 1929, the collection was transferred to the Otago Medical School, a gift facilitated by the grandson of Alexander Monro <em>tertius</em>, Dr Charles Monro Hector (d. 1935), a resident of New Zealand. This volume was written by Monro <em>primus</em>, and the published work has been interleaved so manuscript notes could be added by the author.
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