IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/064
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: ECLECTIC BOOK SOCIETY
Date(s): 1812-1820
Level of description: Collection
Extent: One production unit.
Name of creator(s): Eclectic Book Society
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Eclectic Book Society met at members' private residences, both within and without the City of London. The society acted as a private circulating library with members suggesting (often religious) titles for purchase.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Eclectic Book Society minute book.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
One item catalogued as CLC/064/MS00988A.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
This volume was donated to Guildhall Library in 1968, and was catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in the same year. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: June to August 2010.