STC Location Codes

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STC library code Library name, ESTC library code, if applicable.

  • A Aberdeen University Library, bABu
  • A2 St Mary’s College, Blairs, Aberdeen, Deposited at E. bE
  • A3 Charter Room, Town House, Aberdeen, bABc
  • AAS American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA, nMWA
  • AMP Ampleforth Abbey, York, bYa
  • AMVU Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, eAMvu
  • ARP Public library, Armagh, bARMp
  • AUG Fort Augustus Abbey, Inverness-shire, bFAa
  • B Baptist College, Bristol, Partly dispersed. bBRb
  • BALT George Peabody Department, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD, nMdBE
  • BALT2 Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD, nMdBE
  • BED Central Library, Bedford, (Old Bedford Library Collection), bBED
  • BELVOIR Belvoir Castle, Leicstershire, (Duke of Rutland). bGRAb
  • BHP Avon County Library, Bath, bBAT
  • BHP(B.A.) Bath Abbey Collection, Now deposited in Wells Cathedral. bWEc
  • BIRM University of Birmingham, bBMu
  • BIRM(Sh.Inst.) University of Birmingham, Shakespeare Institute, Likely folded into bBMu.
  • BIRM2 Reference Library, Birmingham (UK), bBMp
  • BIRM2(K.N.) Reference Library, Birmingham (UK), King’s Norton, Hall Collection. 
  • Blayney, Peter W.M. Silver Spring, MD, Private collection.
  • Blickling Hall Aylsham, Norfolk (UK), Private collection.
  • BO Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, nMB
  • BO2 Boston Athenaeum, nMBAt
  • BO3 Congregational Library, Boston, MA, nMBC
  • BO4 not used.
  • BO5 Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA, nMHi
  • BO6 Zion Research Library, Boston, MA, nMBrZ
  • BODMER Bibliotheca Bodmeriana, Cologny-Genève, Switzerland, eGEVb
  • BOWDOIN Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, nMeB
  • BR Brown University, Providence, RI, nRPB
  • BRISTOL Central Library, Bristol, bBRp
  • BRISTOL2 University of Bristol, bBRu
  • Britwell The Britwell sale at Sotheby’s, 30 March 1971.
  • Broxbourne Private Collection of Albert Ehrman, Private collection.
  • Broxbourne(E) some items now at the British Library; the rest dispersed in sales at Sotheby’s 14-15 November 1977 and 8 May 1978. bL
  • Broxbourne(O) now at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. bO
  • BRU English Convent, Bruges, [No code]
  • Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA, nPBm
  • BTL Linen Hall, Belfast, bBFl
  • BTU Queen’s University, Belfast, bBFq
  • BURY Bury St. Edmunds Cathedral, Includes deposit of Assignton Parish Library. bBUYc
  • BUTE Marquess of Bute, Private collection.
  • Buxton, John New College, Oxford, Private collection.
  • C University Library, Cambridge, bC
  • C(Bury deposit) Bury St. Edmunds Grammar School, deposited at University Library. Cambridge, bC
  • C2 Trinity College, Cambridge, bCt
  • C3 Emmanuel College, Cambridge, bCe
  • C4 King’s College, Cambridge, bCk
  • C5 St. John’s College, Cambridge, bCsj
  • C6 Pepysian Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge, bCm
  • C7 Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, bCcc
  • C8 Jesus College, Cambridge, bCj
  • C9 Gonville and Caius, Cambridge, bCgc
  • C10 Magdalene College, Cambridge, bCm
  • C11 St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge, bCsc
  • C12 Christ’s College, Cambridge, BCch
  • C13 Clare College, Cambridge, bCc
  • C14 Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, bCf
  • C15 Pembroke College, Cambridge, bCp
  • C16 Queen’s College, Cambridge, bCq
  • C17 Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, bCss
  • C18 Selwyn College, Cambridge, bCs
  • C19 Peterhouse, Cambridge, bCpe
  • C20 Trinity Hall, Cambridge, bCth
  • C21 Downing College, Cambridge, bCd
  • C22 Newnham College, Cambridge, bCn
  • C23 Girton College, Cambridge, bCg
  • C24 Cheshunt College, Cambridge, BCche
  • C25 Westminster College, Cambridge, bCwc
  • C26 University Archives, University Library, Cambridge, bCa
  • CAL University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, nCLU
  • CAL2 University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, nCU
  • CAL3 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, nCLSU
  • CAL4 Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA, nCCC
  • CAL5 County Law Library, Los Angeles, CA, nCLL
  • CAL6 University of California, Davis, CA, nCU-A
  • CAL7 University of California, Riverside, CA, nCU-Riv
  • CAL8 University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, nCU-SB
  • CANT Canterbury Cathedral, bCYc
  • CANT2 Canterbury Corporation Archives, housed at Canterbury Cathedral, bCYca
  • CAR Central Library, Cardiff, Cardiff, bCFp
  • CARLISLE Carlisle Cathedral, bCLc
  • Cartmel Cartmel Priory Church, Lancashire, now at Lancaster University Library. bLANu
  • CASHEL Cashel Cathedral, County Tipperary, bCAS
  • CB John Carter Brown Library, Providence, RI, nRPJCB
  • CH Chapin Library, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, nMWiW-C
  • CHATS Chatsworth Backwell, Derbyshire, (Duke of Devonshire): ESTC does not differentiate the house from items in private collection. bPC
  • CHEL Sepulchrine Convent, New Hall, Clemsford, bCHLs
  • CHEL2 Chelmsford Cathedral, bCHL
  • CHES Chester Cathedral, bCHSc
  • CHI University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, nICU
  • CHI2 John Crerar Library, Chicago, IL, nICJ
  • CHICH Carmelite Convent, Chichester, bCHId
  • CHICH2 Chichester Cathedral, bCHIc
  • COL Public Library, Colchester, Colchester, bCOC
  • COLG American Baptist Historical Society, Rochester, NY, (Samuel Colgate Collection). nNRAB
  • COLG2 Rochester Center for Theological Studies, Rochester, NY, nNRCR
  • COLWICH St. Mary’s Abby, Colwich, Staffordshire, bCOL
  • CONN Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT, nCt
  • Copenhagen RL Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen, eCPks
  • COR Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, nNIC
  • CREDITON Crediton Parish Library, Deposited at the University of Exeter. bEXu
  • Crocker, C. Templeton, Estate of San Francisco, CA, Private collection.
  • CU Columbia University, New York City, NY, nNNC
  • D Trinity College, Dublin, bDt
  • D2 Marsh’s Library, Dublin, bDm
  • D3 = CASHEL. bCAS
  • D4 Public Record Office of Ireland, Dublin, bDpro
  • D5 Honourable Society of King’s Inn, Dublin, bDk
  • D6 National Library of Ireland, Dublin, bD
  • D7 Representative Church Body, Dublin, (Watson Collection). bDrc
  • D8 Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, bDi
  • D9 Public Library, Dublin, bDpg
  • DAI Douai Abbey, Wollhampton, Berkshire, bWOO
  • DALK Duke of Buccleuch, Private collection.
  • DAR Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, nNhD
  • DE Downside Abbey, Bath, bBATd
  • DEU University of Dundee, bDUNu
  • DN St. Clare’s Abbey, Darlington, bDALc
  • DNPK Deene Park, Corby, Northhamptonshire, (Edmund Brundenell), Collection partly dispersed in sales at Bonham’s, London, 26 Nov. 1975 and 23 Feb. 1977. bCORBd
  • Duke University Durham, NC, nNcD
  • DUL Dulwich College, London, bLd
  • DUR Durham Cathedral, bDUc
  • DUR (Bamb.) Bamburgh Castle, deposit at DUR5. bDUu
  • DUR2 Squance Library, Dispersed. bDUs
  • DUR3 Cosin Library, deposit at DUR5. bDUu
  • DUR4 Cock Library, Dispersed.
  • DUR5 University of Durham, bDUu
  • E National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, bE
  • E2 Edinburgh University, bEu
  • E3 Signet Library, Edinburgh, bEs
  • E4 New College, Edinburgh University, bEn
  • E5 Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, bEcp
  • E6 Scottish Record Office, General Register House, Edinburgh, bEr
  • E7 Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Edinburgh, bEsa
  • E8 Public Library, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, bEp
  • E9 United Free Church Library, Now = E4. bEn
  • E10 General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Library, deposited at E4. bEn
  • E11 Speculative Society, Edinburgh University, bEss
  • E12 Edward Clark Library, Napier College of Commerce & Technology, Edinburgh, bEec
  • E13 Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, bEo
  • Edwards, Francis, LTC. Bookseller London, Private collection.
  • ELY  [Ely Cathedral] = C. bC
    • Although the STC indicates that items from Ely Cathedral went to Cambridge University Library, Cambridge University Library acquired around 1500 volumes and the remainder were dispersed by auction at Sotheby’s in 1972.1
  • ESRO East Sussex Record Office, Lewes, bLSr
  • ETON Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, bET
  • Evelyn sales at Christie’s in 1977-78 of John Evelyn’s library, formerly deposited at O3.
  • EX Exeter Cathedral, bEXc
  • F Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC, nDFo
  • FBL Francis Bacon Library, Claremont, CA, Some items now at the Huntington.
  • Finedon St. Mary’s Church, Finedon, Northamptonshire, bFIN
  • Finney, Theodore M. Pittsburgh, PA, Private collection.
  • Fleming, John F. Inc., Bookseller New York City, NY, Private collection.
  • FORDHAM Fordham University, The Bronx, NY, nNNF
  • Freeman, Arthur. Items cited now = F. nDFo
  • G = G2. bGu
  • G2 University of Glasgow, bGu
  • G3 = G2. bGu
  • G4 Public Library, Glasgow, bGp
  • GK Sir Geoffrey Keynes, Collection of., Now C. bC
  • GLOUC Gloucester Cathedral, bGLOc
  • Gordan, Mrs. John New York City, NY, Private collection.
  • GOT Göttingen University, eGOT
  • Goyder, George Long Melford, Suffolk, Collection partly dispersed in a sale at Sotheby’s 2 April 1979.
  • Graham, Howard Jay Walla Walla, WA, Private collection.
  • Gration-Maxfield, Brent Collection of Dispersed.
  • GRO Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, Buffalo, NY, nNBuG
  • Grolier Club New York City, NY, nNNGr
  • HAGUE Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, eHAG
  • Hammond, W. F., Bookseller Lymington, Hampshire, Private collection.
  • HART Pitts Theological Library, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, nGEU-T
  • HART2 Trinity College, Hartford, CT, nCtHT-W
  • HAT Hatfield House, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, (Marquess of Salisbury). bHFDh
  • HD Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, nMH-H
  • Hebrew Union College Cincinnati, OH, nOCH
  • HER Hereford Cathedral, bHEc
  • HETH John R. Hetherington Collection, Bibles, Metrical Psalms, Books of Common Prayer deposited at BIRM; other items are now partly dispersed.
  • Hickmott, Allerton C., Collection of. Now = DAR. nNhD
  • HN Huntington Library, San Marino, CA, nCSmH
  • Hofer, Philip, Collection of. Now = HD. nMH-H
  • Hofmann & Freeman, LTd., Bookseller Sevenoaks, Kent, Private collection.
  • HOLK Holkham Hall, Wells, Norfolk, bWEL
  • Horblit, Harrison D. Collection of Partly dispersed in sales at Sotheby’s 10-11 June and 11 Nov. 1974; the remainder sold to Kraus.
  • Houghton, Arthur A., Jr. Collection of Dispersed in sales at Christie’s 13-14 June and 5 Dec. (Miniatures) 1979 and 11-12 June 1980.
  • HP Heythrop College, Cavendish Square, London, bLhe
  • HUNT Hunt Botanical Library, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, Now known as Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation (Carnegie-Mellon) – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. nPPiHB
  • Ickworth Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, bNT
  • ILL University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, nIU
  • IND Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, nInU-Li
  • INN Innerpeffray Library, Crieff, Perthshire, bINE
  • J Collection of William Jaggard, Dispersed; some unique items reported in the 1926 STC cannot be traced nor their previous existence verified.
  • Jacobson, Alf E. New London, NH, Private collection.
  • JH Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, nMdBJ
  • JH2 Tudor and Stuart Club, Johns Hopkins University, nMdBJ
  • Juel-Jensen, Dr. Bent Headington, Oxford, Private collection.
  • K Kylemore Abbey, Co. Connemara, bKYL
  • KAN University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, nKU-S
  • KAO Kent Archives Office, Maidstone, bMAEr
  • Kenney, C. E. Collection of Dispersed in sales at Sotheby’s from May 1965 to March 1968; some of the rarer items cited by lot number.
  • Kent, University of Canterbury, Kent, bCYu
  • Kenyon, Lord, Gredington Whitchurch, Salop, Collection partly dispersed in a sale at Christie’s 12 Nov. 1975.
  • Kenyon College Gambier, OH, nOGK
  • KILLINEY Franciscan House of Studies, Killiney, near Kingstown, Co. Dublin, bKLN
  • Kraus, H. P., Bookseller New York City, NY, Private collection.
  • L The British Library, Reference Division, London, Includes Depts. of Printed books (with Maps) and of MSS., formerly part of the British Museum; also includes the Ashley Library of T. J. Wise. Still part of the British Museum are items in other Depts., e.g. Prints and Drawings. bL
  • L(Davis) Collection of Henry Davis at the British Library, bL
  • L(destroyed) books in the British Library, destroyed by bombs during World War II. not used.
  • L2 Lambeth Palace, London, bLlp
  • L3 Dr. Williams’s Library, London, bLdw
  • L4 Sion College, London, Partly dispersed in a sale at Sotheby’s 13 June 1977. bLs
  • L5 Society of Antiquaries, London, bLsa
  • L6 Dyce Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, bLv
  • L7 Royal College of Music, London, bLrcm
  • L8 Guildhall Library, London, bLg
  • L8(Records Office) Records Office of the Corporation of London, Also housed in the Guildhall. London, bLg
  • L9 Society of Jesus Library, Mount Street, London, bLsj
  • L10 = L. bL
  • L11 Public Record Office, London, bLpro
  • L12 The Royal Society, London, bLrs
  • L13 Westminster Abbey, London, bLwa
  • L14 British and Foreign Bible Society, London, deposited at C. bLbb
  • L15 St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, bLspc
  • L16 Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine, London, bLwe
  • L17 Royal College of Physicians of London, London, bLrcp
  • L18 Victoria and Albert Museum, London, bLv
  • L19 Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, bLrcs
  • L20 Privy Council Office, London, bLpco
  • L21 Inner Temple Library, London, bLi
  • L21(destroyed?) Inner Temple Library (destroyed), London, bd. vol. of Charles I proclamation, apparently destroyed during World War II.
  • L22 Lincoln’s Inn Library, London, bLli
  • L23 Law Society’s Library, London, bLls
  • L24 Hampstead Public Library, London, bLham
  • L25 Middle Temple Library, London, bLmt
  • L26 Brompton Oratory, London, bLbo
  • L27 = W. bWARE
  • L28 Royal Institute of British Architects, London, bLria
  • L29 Baptist Union Library, London, Deposited at O28. bLbu
  • L30 London University, London, bLu
  • L31 Congregational Library, Gordon Square, London, bLmh
  • L32 Sir Isaac Pitman Library, London, Now housed at the University of Bath. bBATu
  • L33 National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, bLmm
  • L34 St. Augustine’s Priory, Ealing, bLsap
  • L35 Gillow Library, Catholic Record Society, now housed at L9. bLsj
  • L36 Stationers’ and Newspapermaker’s Company, London, bLcst
  • L37 [not used].
  • L38 University College London, London, bLuu
  • L39 Medical Society of London, London, bLms
  • L40 Collection of the late André Simon père, Dispersed.
  • L41 St. Bride Printing Library, London, bLsb
  • L42 Metropolitan Cathedral of St. George (R.C.), Lambeth Road, Southwark, bLmcg
  • L43 The London Library, London, bLll
  • L44 Westminster School, London, bLws
  • L45 Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, London, bLica
  • L46 New College, London, Deposited at L3. bLdw
  • L47 Greater London Council (Members’ Library), London, If Greater London Council = Great London History Library. bLglc
  • L48 British Library of Political and Economic Science, London, bLse
  • L49 Gray’s Inn Library, London, bLgi
  • LAMPORT Lamport Hall, Northampton, bNORl
  • LC Library of Congress, Washington, DC, nDLC
  • LE Carmelite Convent, Lanherne, Cornwall, bLANH
  • LEEDS University of Leeds, bLEu
  • LEIC Museum & Art Gallery, Leicester, bLCm
  • LEIC2 University of Leicester, Leicester, bLCu
  • Leighton Library, Dunblane Cathedral bDBL
  • Lewis The Lewis Walpole Library, Farmington, CT, nCtY-LW
  • LICH Lichfield Cathedral, bLICc
  • LINC Lincoln Cathedral, bLIN
  • LINDLEY Royal Horticultural Society, London, bLrhs
  • LIV Liverpool Cathedral (Anglican), Deposited at LIV3. bLVc
  • LIV2 Public Library, Liverpool, Liverpool, Now Liverpool Central Libraries. bLVp
  • LIV3 University of Liverpool, bLVu
  • LK Lanhydrock, Bodmin, Cornwall, Private collection.
  • London, Royal Institution of Naval Architects Collection largely dispersed in a sale at Christie’s 4 and 5 December 1974.
  • LONGLEAT Longleat, Warminster, Wiltshire, (Marques of Bath). bLONG
  • Lownes, Albert E., Collection of. Now = BR. nRPB
  • LYD Derry and Raphoe Diocesan Library, Londonderry, bLONd
  • LYU Magee University College, Londonderry, bLONu
  • M John Rylands University Library, Manchester, bMRu
  • M2 Chetham’s Library, Manchester, bMRc
  • M3 Central Library, Manchester, Manchester, bMRp
  • M4 = M. bMRu
  • M5 Northern Congregational College, Manchester, Deposited at M. bMRu
  • MCG McGill University, Montreal, nCaQMMRB
  • McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, nCaOHM
  • Mansbridge, Ronald, Collection of. Now = Waseda University Tokyo.
  • MAPL Mapledurham House, Oxfordshire, bMAP
  • MARL The Vicar’s Library, St. Mary’s Church, Marlborough, Wiltshare, Deposited at O. bO
  • Maxwell, W. Stirling Brookings, Oregon, Private collection.
  • MAYNOOTH St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth, County Kildare, bMY
  • MEL State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, oAuVSL
  • Mellon, Paul, Collection of. Now = Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT. nCtY-BA
  • MICH University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, nMiU
  • MIN University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, nMnU
  • Moore TC Moore Theological College, Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, oAuNMTC
  • MSB Mount St. Bernard Abbey, Coalville, Leicestershire, bCOA
  • MSM Mount St. Mary’s College, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, bCHF
  • N Newberry Library, Chicago, IL, nICN
  • Nash, Ray. Items cited Now = L. bL
  • NCU University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, nNcU
  • NEK Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, (formerly King’s College). bNCu
  • NEP Central Library, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, bNCp
  • NLA National Library of Australia, Canberra, oAuANL
  • NLM National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, nDNLM
  • NLW National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, bAWn
  • NLW(St. Asaph) St. Asaph Cathedral Library, Aberystwyth, bSASc
  • NMU University of Nottingham, bNOu
  • NOR Norwich Cathedral, bNOWc
  • NOR2 Central Library, Norwich, Norwich, bNOW
  • NRO Northamptonshire Record Office, Delapré Abbey, Northamptonshire, bNORr
  • NSW State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, oAuNSL
  • NW Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, nIEN
  • NWM Northwestern University, (Archibald Church Medical Library), Chicago, IL, nIEN
  • NY New York Public Library, New York City, NY, nNN
  • NY2 New-York Historical Society, New York City, NY, nNHi
  • NY3 Engineering Societies Library, New York City, NY, nNNE
  • NY4 New York Academy of Medicine, New York City, NY, nNNNAM
  • NY5 Hispanic Society of America, New York City, NY, nNNH
  • NY6 American Bible Society, New York City, NY, nNNAB
  • NY7 New York University, New York City, NY, nNNU
  • NY8 New York Society Library, New York City, NY, nNNYSL
  • NY9 Jewish Theological Seminary, New York City, NY, nNNJ
  • NY10 New York Racquet & Tennis Club, New York City, NY, nNNRT
  • NY11 General Theological Seminary, New York City, NY, nNNG
  • NYS New York State Library, Albany, NY, nN
  • O Bodleian Library, Oxford, bO
  • O(J) John Johnson Collection, Oxford, bO
  • O2 Queen’s College, Oxford, bOq
  • O3 Christ Church, Oxford, bOc
  • O3(E) Evelyn Library, Oxford, dispersed, see Evelyn.
  • O3(W) Wotton-under-Edge Parish Library, at O. Oxford, bWOW
  • O4 Brasenose College, Oxford, bObr
  • O5 Corpus Christi College, Oxford, bOcc
  • O6 Worcester College, Oxford, bOwo
  • O7 Wadham College, Oxford, bOwa
  • O8 St. John’s College, Oxford, bOsj
  • O9 All Souls College, Oxford, bOa
  • O10 Exeter College, Oxford, bOe
  • O11 Merton College, Oxford, bOm
  • O12 Magdalen College, Oxford, bOma
  • O13 Lincoln College, Oxford, bOl
  • O14 New College, Oxford, bOn
  • O15 Oxford University Archives, Bodleian Library, Oxford, bOua
  • O16 Trinity College, Oxford, bOt
  • O17 Balliol College, Oxford, bOb
  • O18 Jesus College, Oxford, bOj
  • O19 Oriel College, Oxford, bOo
  • O20 Mansfield College, Oxford, bOman
  • O21 Manchester College, Oxford, bOmc
  • O22 Hertford College, Oxford, bOh
  • O23 [not used].
  • O24 Pembroke College, Oxford, bOp
  • O25 Pusey House, Oxford, bOph
  • O26 St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, bOse
  • O27 University College, Oxford, bOu
  • O28 Regent’s Park College, Oxford, bOr
  • O28(Bed.) Beddome Library, Regent’s Park College, Oxford, bOr
  • O29 Somerville College, Oxford, bOs
  • O30 Taylor Institution, Oxford, bOta
  • O31 Keble College, Oxford, bOk
  • O32 St. Hilda’s College, Oxford, bOshi
  • O33 Department of Agriculture, Oxford, bOdb
  • O34 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, bOam
  • O35 Blackfriars Priory, Oxford, bObl
  • O36 Botany Department, Oxford, Partly deposited at O. bOdb
  • O37 Campion Hall, Oxford, bOch
  • O38 Oxford University Press, Oxford, Partly deposited at O. bOup
  • O39 English Faculty Library, Oxford, bOef
  • O40 School of Geography, Oxford, bOg
  • O41 Greyfriars Priory, Oxford, bOgp
  • O42 Hope Collection, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Hope Collection now = Oxford University Hope Department of Entomology. bOhde
  • O43 Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, bOmhs
  • O44 Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, bOlmh
  • O45 [not used].
  • O46 St. Anne’s College, Oxford, bOsa
  • O47 St. Hugh’s College, Oxford, bOshu
  • O48 Philosophy Library, Oxford, bOphl
  • Oberlin College Oberlin, OH, nOO
  • OS St. Mary’s Seminary, New Oscott, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, bSC
  • Osborn, James M., Collection of Now = Y. nCtY
  • Otago University Dunedin, New Zealand, oZDU
  • OULT St. Mary’s Abbey, Oulton, Staffordshire, bOUL
  • P Peterborough Cathedral, on long-term deposit at C. bC
  • PARIS Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, Includes Bliss Collection on Mary Queen of Scots. eP
  • PARIS2 Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal, Paris, ePa
  • PARIS3 Bibliothèque Mazarine, Paris, ePm
  • Pearson, Norman H., Collection of. Now = Y. nCtY
  • PEN University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, nPU
  • PEN2 Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, nP
  • Penrose, Boies, Collection of Largely dispersed in sales at Sotheby’s 7 June and 9 Nov. 1971.
  • PETWORTH Petworth House, Petworth, Sussex, (Lord Egremont). bNT
  • PETYT Public Library, Skipton, Skipton, Yorkshire, (The Petyt Library). bSKIpl
  • PFOR Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, New York City, NY, Private college
  • PH Library Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, nPPL
  • PH2 Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, nPP
  • Ph3 = PH2. nPP
  • PH4 Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA, nPPF
  • PH5 Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA, nPPPrHi
  • PH6 Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, PA, nPPLT
  • PH7 Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Deposited at PH. nPPL
  • Phillipps Sales at Sotheby’s on 26-7 Nov. 1973 and 24-5 June and 25-6 Nov.
    1974.
  • Pirie, Robert S. Hamilton, Mass, Dispursed through sale at Sotheby’s New York 2–4 December 2015.
  • PLUME Plume Library, Maldon, Essex, bMAL
  • PML Pierpont Morgan Library, New York City, NY, nNNPM
  • PN Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, nNjP
  • PN2 Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ, nNjPT
  • Private Owner Requests for information should be addressed to the Hon. Secretary of the Bibliographical Society, for forwarding to the owner.
  • PTS Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, PA, nPPiPT
  • Quaritch, Bernard, Ltd., Bookseller London, Private collection.
  • Queen’s University at Kingston Kingston, Ontario, nCaOKQ
  • R Ripon Cathedral, bLEu
  • RD Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, bHAR
  • RGU University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, bREu
  • ROCH University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, nNRU
  • Rogers, David The Old Mill, Blewbury, Oxfordshire, Private collection.
  • ROME Ven. Collegio Inglese, Rome, eRMci
  • ROS Rosenbach Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, nPPRF
  • S William Salt Library, County Record OFfice, Stafford, bSTA
  • S(S.1555(1)) etc. Proclamations of Charles I found only in the bd. Dyson vol. in William Salt Library, County Record OFfice. Stafford, bSTA
  • SAL Salisbury Cathedral, bSAYc
  • SAU University College, Swansea, Swansea, bSWNu
  • SBK St. Mary’s Abbey, Stanbrook, Worcester, bWRma
  • SC University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, nScU
  • Scheide The Scheide Library, Housed at PN. nNjP
  • Schiller, Justin G., Ltd., Bookseller New York City, NY, Private colletion.
  • SCL Shropshire County Library, Shrewsbury, bSHRp
  • Segal, David Cambridge, MA, Private collection.
  • Seven Gables Bookshop, Bookseller New York City, NY, Dispersed.
  • Sexton, Eric H. L., Collection of Dispersed in a sale at Christie’s 15 Apr. 1981.
  • SH Shakespeare Centre, Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare Centre = Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. bSTRsb
  • SHEF University of Sheffield, bSHu
  • SHR Shrewsbury School, bSHRs
  • SLC Southwell Minster, bSOM
  • SMITH Smith College, Northampton, MA, nMNS
  • SMU Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, nTxDaM
  • SN Syon Abbey, South Brent, Devon, bSY
  • SNU University of Southampton, bSPu
  • Sparrow, John Iffley, Oxfordshire, Private collection.
  • Spencer, Robert Woodford Green, Essex, Private collection.
  • ST Stonyhurst College, Whalley, Lancashire, bWHs
  • STAN Stanford University, Stanford, CA, nCSt
  • STAPEHILL Holy Cross Abbey, Stapehill, Dorset, bSTH
  • STD St. David’s University College, Lampeter, bLAM
  • Stevens Cox James Stevens Cox, St. Sampson, Guernsey, Channel Islands, Private collection.
  • Stevens Cox, Gregory, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Private collection.
  • STL St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO, nMoSU
  • STU University of St. Andrews, bSAN
  • SUNY(Buffalo) State University of New York, Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, nNBuU
  • Sydney, University of Sydney, New South Wales, oAuNU
  • Taussig, Anthony C. London, Private collection.
  • Taylor, Henry C., Collection of Now = Y. nCtY
  • Taylor, Robert H., Collection of Housed at PN. nNjP
  • TCU Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, nTxFTC
  • TEX University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX, nTxU
  • TEX2 Moody Medical Library, Galveston, TX, nTxU-M
  • TMTH St. Scholastica’s Abbey, Teignmouth, Devon, [no code]
  • TOKYO University of Tokyo, oTOKu
  • TORONTO Academy of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, nCaOTA
  • TORONTO2 University of Toronto, nCaOTU
  • Traylen, Charles W., Bookseller Guildford, Surrey, Private collection.
  • U Union Theological Seminary, New York City, NY, nNNUT
  • USHAW St. Cuthbert’s College, Ushaw, Durham, Now known as Ushaw College. bDUuc
  • V University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, nViU
  • VAL Colegio-seminario de Ingleses, Valladolid, Spain, eVALc
  • VER Verulam Plays, Deposited by the Earl of Verulam at O. bO
  • W St. Edmund’s College, Ware, Hertfordshire, bWARE
  • WASH = LC. nDLC
  • WASH2 Catholic Univeristy of America, Washington, DC, nDCU
  • WASH3 Georgetown University, Washington, DC, nDGU
  • Washington Cathedral Washington, DC, nDNC
  • Weissman, Stephen, Collection of Dispersed.
  • WEL Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, nMWelC
  • WES Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, nCtW
  • Western Ontario, University of London, Ontario, nCaOLU
  • Western Ontario(S.L.S.) School of Library Science,
    University of Western Ontario,
    London, Ontario, nCaOLU
  • WI Central Library, Wigan, Lancashire, bWIG
  • WIN Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, bWIN
  • WIN2 St. George’s Chapter Library, Windsor Castle, bWINg
  • WIS University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, nWU
  • WN Winchester College, bWNs
  • WN2 Winchester Cathedral, bWNc
  • Wolfson, John New York City, NY, Private collection.
  • WOR Worcester Cathedral, bWRc
  • WOR2 = HP. bLhe
  • WTL Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand, oZWTU
  • Y Yale University, New Haven, CT, nCtY-BR
  • Y(Pequot) Pequot Deposit at Yale University, New Haven, CT, nCtSoP
  • Y2 Elizabethan Club, Yale University, New Haven, CT, nCtY-EC
  • Y3 = Y. nCtY
  • YK York Minster, bYc
  • YK2 Bar Convent, York, bYb
  • Z Zentralbibliothek, Zürich, oSzZuZB
1. I would like to thank Emily Dourish for information about the Ely Collection’s complex relationship to Cambridge University Library.

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