单词 | harleian |
释义 | harleianadj. Of or belonging to Robert Harley Earl of Oxford (1661–1724), and his son Edward Harley; esp. in reference to the library of books and manuscripts collected by them, of which the manuscripts were purchased in 1753 by the British nation and deposited in the British Museum. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > library or collection of books > [adjective] > specific collection Cottonian1700 harleian1744 1744–6 (title) The Harleian Miscellany: a Collection of..Pamphlets and Tracts..selected from the Library of Edward Harley, second Earl of Oxford. 1754 (title) Act of 26 Geo. II, for the purchase of the Museum or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, and of the Harleian Collection of MSS. 1808 (title) A Catalogue of the Harleian MSS. in the British Museum. 1895 J. W. Zaehnsdorf Short Hist. Bookbinding 12 The Harleian style took its name from Harley, Earl of Oxford. It was red morocco with a broad tooled border and centre panels. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1744 |
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