- Roxburghe
- Roxburghe /roksˈbə-rə/nounA style of binding for books, with cloth or paper sides, plain leather back, gilt top, other edges untrimmedORIGIN: Duke of Roxburghe (1740–1804), book-collector
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Roxburghe Club — (spr. róxböro), nach dem Herzog John von Roxburgh benannte literarische Gesellschaft in England zur Herausgabe seltener Manuskripte und Werke der ältern englischen Literatur, 1812 von Thomas Dibdin (s. d. 2) gegründet. Vgl. Bibliomanie … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Roxburghe Club — John Ker, 3e duc de Roxburghe Le Roxburghe Club (prononcer roxbrah) est un gentlemen s club fondé le 17 juin 1812 à Londres, en Grande Bretagne, par des bibliophiles de premier plan. Son nom rend hommage à un célèbre collectionneur de l époque,… … Wikipédia en Français
Roxburghe Club — The Roxburghe Club was formed on June 17, 1812 by leading bibliophiles at the time the library of the Duke of Roxburghe was auctioned. It took 45 days to sell the entire collection. The first edition of Boccaccio s Decameron , printed by… … Wikipedia
Roxburghe Club — Der Roxburghe Club ist eine britische Vereinigung von Sammlern und Bibliophilen. Am 13. Juli 1812 wurde in London die an Seltenheiten und literarischen Schätzen reiche Bibliothek des Herzogs John von Roxburghe, dem Abkömmlinge eines der ältesten… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Roxburghe Ballads — In 1847 John Payne Collier (1789 1883) printed A Book of Roxburghe Ballads . It consisted of 1,341 broadside ballads from the seventeenth century, mostly English, originally collected by Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer (1661 1724) … Wikipedia
Duke of Roxburghe — For the ship, see Duke of Roxburgh (ship). Dukedom of Roxburghe Creation date 1707 Created by Anne of Great Britain Peerage … Wikipedia
Anne Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe — Anne Emily Innes Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe VA OBE (14 November 1854 ndash;20 June 1923) was born Anne Emily Spencer Churchill, and was the daughter of the seventh Duke of Marlborough, who served in Conservative governments as Lord President of… … Wikipedia
Guy Innes-Ker, 10th Duke of Roxburghe — Guy David Innes Ker, 10th Duke of Roxburghe (born 18 November 1954) is a British aristocrat. He succeeded his father to the Dukedom of Roxburghe in 1974.He was educated at Eton College, Magdalene College, Cambridge where he studied Land Economy,… … Wikipedia
James Innes-Ker, 7. Duke of Roxburghe — James Henry Robert Innes Ker, 7. Duke of Roxburghe (* 5. September 1839; † 23. Oktober 1892) war ein britischer Peer und Mitglied des House of Lords. Leben und Karriere Er erbte den Titel nach dem Tod seines Vaters, James Innes Ker, 6. Duke of… … Deutsch Wikipedia
John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe — Infobox Officeholder honorific prefix =The Most Noble name =John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe honorific suffix =(KT) KG, PC imagesize =200px caption = John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe KG KT PC (23 April 1740 – 1804) was a Scottish nobleman and… … Wikipedia
