Flyleaf with shelfmarks/pressmark, MS Harley 5910.i

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Photograph of the flyleaf in one of John Bagford's assembled albums of scraps showing layered shelfmarks
Flyleaf with layers of shelfmarks/pressmarks in John Bagford's album of manuscript notes and scraps, British Library, MS Harley 5910.i. These marks show that this volume was part of Harley's library before it was absorbed into the British Museum in 1753; thus it is likely Bagford assembled it himself. A note in Bagford's hand suggests this flyleaf was once used as a portfolio cover to organize loose scraps. A later note below written by librarians Richard Garnett and W. Y. Fletcher indicates which printed fragments were removed from this volume and sent to the Department of Printed Books on January 9, 1891.

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Flyleaf showing layers of shelfmarks in John Bagford's album of scraps

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    Image
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  • file format
    jpg
  • file size
    4 MB
  • copyright status
    Public Domain
  • creator
    John Bagford
  • credit
    Photograph by Whitney Trettien.
  • rights holder
    Whitney Trettien
  • rights territory
    Worldwide