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Journal of the Apophthegm Society [Edition de luxe]
Journal of the Apophthegm Society [Edition de luxe]
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Full title
Author / Creator
Date
15 August 1893-1 September 1894
Call Numbers
MLMSS 11258/ Box 1X
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Language
English
Formats
Manuscripts, Pictures and Drawings
Physical Description
Contents
0.2 metres of textual material (1 outsize box) - 24 x 19 x 2.5 - manuscript, typescript
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Level of description
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Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright
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Scope and Contents
Contents
286 page handwritten journal in ink documenting the monthly meetings of the Apophthegm Society, Sydney, 15 August 1893-1 August 1894. The journal is divided into three volumes and includes hand drawn illustrations in ink throughout. It begins with an introduction to the conception of the society: to record and invent good sayings, followed by the s...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Journal of the Apophthegm Society [Edition de luxe]
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
"C. E. Cowan" stamped on top right corner of second page
Typescript note attached to the frontispiece: "This book was found in a Red Cross waste products shop during the second World War. Inside the cover it bore the following inscription: - "Fred. R. Barlee, Wentworth Court, Sydney, N.S.W., July 1893".
Description source
Title sourced from title page
Object History
By descent from C.E. Cowan to his daughter-in-law Kaye Cowan
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Kaye Cowan, February 2022
Administrative / Biographical history
Frederic Rudolph Barlee is the nephew of Sir Frederick Palgrave Barlee, Colonial Secretary of Western Australia, 1855-1875. Frederic Barlee studied a Master of Arts degree at Sydney University. He was admitted to the Bar of New South Wales, 1887 and then to the Bar of Western Australia, 1897. Barlee was appointed Supreme Court Librarian in 1905 unt...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 11258/ Box 1X
Record Identifier
nQRmVmq1
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Reference code
9664176
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