Janus: The Papers of Alan Noel Latimer Munby

King's/PP/ANLM/2 contains:
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1A	'Lyra Catenata'
2	'Floreat Bibliomania': correspondence
3	'Wisbech Town Library'
4	'Cambridge College Libraries': administrative papers
5	'The cult of the autograph letter in England' (Athlone Press: London, 1962)
6	Export of books; the Caxton Ovid
7	'Sale catalogues of libraries of eminent persons'
8	'Connoisseurs and medieval miniatures 1750 - 1850'
9	'Sir Thomas Phillipps: a centenary tribute'
10	'Book collecting in the 1930s'
11	'Lepidum novum libellum'
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The Papers of Alan Noel Latimer Munby

Title	Export of books; the Caxton Ovid
Reference	ANLM/2/6
Covering Dates	1952–1971
Extent and Medium	5 files; paper

Content and context

Research notes and correspondence on the export of books from England, with emphasis on the narrowly averted sale to the USA of Caxton's translation of Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' and its acquisition by Magdalene College, Cambridge. Drafts of a lecture and ultimate publication on the Caxton Ovid are included.

King's/PP/ANLM/2/6 contains:

'The 'Caxton' manuscript of Ovid: reflections on the law relating to the export of works of art'. The file comprises autograph manuscript, typescript, copy typescript and published versions of the paper, first given as a lecture at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA, 30 Mar. 1968.
13 items in envelope; paper.

1968–1969

Correspondence concerning the lecture on Caxton's Ovid. The file comprises correspondence and a further annotated typescript of the text.
1 folder in envelope; paper.

1967–1970

Correspondence concerning the proposed sale of Caxton's Ovid. The file comprises correspondence, newscuttings, appeal literature and press releases concerning the narrowly averted sale to the USA of Caxton's translation of Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' and its acquisition by Magdalene College, Cambridge.
32 items in envelope; paper.

1966–1967

Papers concerning the export of books and manuscripts from the UK. The file includes memoranda by Sotheby and Co. on the working of the current system, 2 Feb. 1968 and on the Department of Education and Science Green Paper, 1970, and typescript 'Notes on the regulations governing the deposit of microfilms or other copies of manuscripts exported from the UK', [1967].
3 items in envelope; paper.

1967–1970

Official publications on the export of books, documents and works of art. The file comprises official publications by interested government committees and departments.
19 booklets in envelope; paper.

1952–1971