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Latitude
22.5546198
Longitude
88.33587723
Start Date
1774
End Date
1800

Description

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ID
td057

Extended Data

Binding Date SingleYear
1774
Binding Date Full
1772-1775
Binding Date Explanation
Publication date to date of last book bound in the set. Probably taken by Chambers to India, explaining the mahogany travelling case in the catalogue notes.
Binding Type
Full
Binding Colour Simplified
Blue
Owner Start Full
1772-1775
Owner End Date Full
1800
Owner Date Explanation
Chambers died in the early 1800s.
Owner
Sir Robert Chambers (1737-1803)
Owner Location
Fort William, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Owner Location Explanation
Chambers was Vinerian Professor of Law during period of bookbinding, but left Oxford for India later in the 1770s, where he lived for most of the remaining century: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Chambers_(English_judge)
Book Location
Houghton Library, Harvard
Morocco Binding or MaghrebRelated Book
Morocco Binding
Unique Identifier