Sir Thomas Phillips of Middle Hill, Cheltenham

In the Guardian online today is a piece on this eccentric English book-collector of the last century, whose collection of manuscripts was a wonder and which is still being sold off even today.  References to manuscripts once in his collection are common in editions.  Most of them are now in Berlin.

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  1. I am interested in finding the whereabouts of the source material for Fairbarnes Book of Crests. Any ideas?

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