British Museum reading room ticket signed by Thomas Carlyle : manuscript.

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

British Museum. Department of Printed Books, issuing body.

Contributor:

Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881, associated name.

Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616. Don Quixote.

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de.

Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881--Books and reading.

Carlyle, Thomas.

Library records--Specimens.

Library records.

Genre:

Blank forms.

Manuscripts, English -- 19th century.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers (London, England), 2025.

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : paper ; 6 x 12 cm

Production:

London, not before 1837.

Contained In:

Miscellaneous Manuscripts. Box 26 Folder 1

Summary:

Library reader's ticket filled out and signed by Thomas Carlyle, of the type designed by Anthony Panizzi after he became Keeper of the Printed Books in 1837. The title requested is Cervantes' Don Quixote, printed in Madrid in 1797, D. Juan Antonio Pellicer edition. The ticket is dated April 27th, but is lacking the year. Reader guidelines are printed on the verso.

Cited as:

British Museum Reading Room Ticket (Misc Mss Box 26 Folder 1). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1511132070