| Description | 1. Ts copy of a letter from the Librarian, to Mr Brooks, dated 20 January 1926, confirming that the library did not hold a copy of 'St Thomas Aquinas. Somme theologique...traduite Francais par F Lachat' and that one would be appreciated.
2. Ts copy of a letter from the Librarian, to Mr Brooks, dated 12 February 1926, confirming books that the library already held a copy of but accepting a copy of 'Dictionnaire international des ecrivains du monde latin'.
3. Ts letter from John Brooks, to Mr Newcombe, dated 3 May 1926, offering to loan five books, if the library did not already hold copies.
4. Ts copy of a letter from the Sub-Librarian, to Mr Brooks, dated 5 May 1926, regarding the upcoming donation of the Rotton collection and advising that Brooks wait to donate any more books before then.
5. Bundle of lists of books receievd from Mr H St John Brooks, to be held on loan by University College Library. Includes details of insurance values. Dated 13 November 1925 to 11 June 1928. |
| AdminHistory | UCL Library's Dante Collection owes its origin to the bequest by Henry Clark Barlow of his Italian library in 1876. At the same time, he endowed the UCL Barlow Memorial Lecture on Dante. The collection has since been supplemented by editions from the Morris Library (1869), the Mocatta Library (1906), and the Whitley Stokes Collection (1910). A printed catalogue was issued in 1910. Some later editions also came from the Rotton Library in 1926, from Sir Herbert Thompson in 1921, and from Huxley St. John Brooks, whose books were purchased by the Library on his death in 1949. |