Thomas Phillipps
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title:
Thomas Phillipps
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Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1st Baronet, was an English antiquary and book collector who amassed the largest collection of manuscript material in the 19th century. He was an illegitimate son of a textile manufacturer and inherited a substantial estate, which he spent almost entirely on vellum manuscripts and, when out of funds, borrowed heavily to buy manuscripts, thereby putting his family deep into debt. Phillipps recorded in an early catalogue that his collection was instigated by reading various a
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English antiquary and book collector
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Phillipps
date created:
2007-03-19T16:58:31Z
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2024-08-29T09:34:25Z
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