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Thomas Robert Wrench commonplace book and book catalogs
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Thomas Robert Wrench (born 1763) was the rector at St. Michael's, Cornhill in the City of London from 1796 until his death in 1836.
This volume was gifted to Wrench by his father, Jacob Wrench (inside front cover) and contains notes, a list of books that Wrench loaned, a list of books owned by Wrench in 1818, poetry (possibly authored by Wrench), and letters. The volume is bound in quarter leather with a leather spine and marbled paper over the boards. Pages are blank from 148 to 177 and there is a laid in note after p. 110 and a laid in photograph after p. 174.
Sold by Dean Cooke Rare Books, Ltd. (Bristol, England), 2022.
This volume was cataloged during a group project in July 2025. Seller's description laid into volume.
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