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Highlights of specific items in the collections: City of London (England). Corporation
This
example is from the reign of Queen Victoria. It grants William
Smith, son of William Henry Smith and apprentice of Robert John Augustus
Edwards (Citizen and Goldsmith), the Freedom of the City of
London.
The
Libraries' also has the original wooden cylindrical case in which the
Freedom was issued. Originally,
When received by the Libraries, the scroll had attached to the back the miniature bookplate of Rabbi Kalman L. Levitan, an important collector of miniature books, a founding member of the Miniature Book Society, and author. The bookplate has become detached, and is preserved with the scroll.
This page maintained by Edward
Hoyenski, (ehoyensk@library.unt.edu) This page last updated on Tuesday, April 19, 2005
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