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    Awakening a Curate's Library: The Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). His life, his book collection and his legacy to New Zealand
    Awakening a Curate's Library: The Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). His life, his book collection and his legacy to New Zealand
    Awakening a Curate's Library: The Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). His life, his book collection and his legacy to New Zealand
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    Awakening a Curate's Library: The Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). His life, his book collection and his legacy to New Zealand

    By Donald Jackson Kerr

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    This book is the first to provide an account of the life of Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887) and his book collecting. It is also the first detailed examination of a true survivor, his book collection of some 5600 items, including medieval manuscripts, incunables, books on ecclesiastical history and primitive church rites and rituals, phi

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBibliographical Society of Australia and NZ
    Release dateFeb 1, 2023
    ISBN9780645666212
    Awakening a Curate's Library: The Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). His life, his book collection and his legacy to New Zealand

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