a. A small, dark brown, leather accordion wallet with plastic edges on the flap. There are two compartments inside the wallet. On the back there is a gold insignia made out of metal. The leather exterior has a wavy pattern.b. A package of blue special delivery stickers that say “BY AIRMAIL PAR AVIO…
a. A small, dark brown, leather accordion wallet with plastic edges on the flap. There are two compartments inside the wallet. On the back there is a gold insignia made out of metal. The leather exterior has a wavy pattern.b. A package of blue special delivery stickers that say “BY AIRMAIL PAR AVION” with a red band saying “SPECIAL DELIVERY EXPRES”” wrapped around them. c. A package of red special delivery stickers that say “SPECIAL DELIVERY EXPRES” on them with a red band around them saying “SPECIAL DELIVERY EXPRES”.d. A section of a yellow envelope that says “ $1.50 BOOKLETS OF 6 CENT STAMPS ARE AVAILABLE FROM YOUR POST OFFICE”.e. Five blue customs sheets.
File consists of 2 books; one 18th century, one 20th century stamp book. Includes 1723 copy of ‘A Life of Mahomet’ by Humphrey Prideaux; missing front/back covers, replaced with plain brown paper covers. Handwritten title ‘Mahomet’ written on front cover and side binding in different handwritings; …
Humphrey Prideaux (1648-1724) was born in Cornwall and eventually became a Doctor of Divinity. Prideaux was an author of multiple textual works pertaining to faith and particularly Christianity. He was the Dean of Norwich from 1702 until his death in 1724.
Scope & Content
File consists of 2 books; one 18th century, one 20th century stamp book. Includes 1723 copy of ‘A Life of Mahomet’ by Humphrey Prideaux; missing front/back covers, replaced with plain brown paper covers. Handwritten title ‘Mahomet’ written on front cover and side binding in different handwritings; front believed to be by Nicholas Morant (?), side unknown. Also includes book of Japanese stamps collected by Nicholas Morant; many not dated, various designs and sizes, annotated on covers with Nicholas Morant's personal ink stamp.
Storage Range
In file box M300 / III / D / 5 / 75 to M300 / III / D / 5 / 91