Frederick Startridge Ellis: Papers Relating to Estate

 

RLIN ID No.

NYGG01-A2

 

Creator

Ellis, Frederick Startridge, 1830-1901.

 

Title     

Papers relating to the estate of Frederick Startridge Ellis.

 

Physical Description  

1 box (.25 linear ft.)

 

General Note    

Title devised by cataloger.

 

Historical/Biographical Note

Frederick Startridge Ellis was bookseller and author who was for many years the official buyer for the British Museum. He compiled important catalogues of collectors such as Henry Huth, Charles J. J. Heywood, and others. As a publisher on a limited scale, his most important books were works by William Morris and Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

 

Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to changes in status of Ellis’ bookselling business after the retirement of his partner, David White. Includes draft of will endorsed 1884.

 

Finding Aid  

Unpublished list of items available in repository.

 

Names

White, David, bookseller of London.

Ellis & White.

 

Subjects              

Booksellers and bookselling. England. London. 19^th century.

Decedents’ estates. England. London. 19^th century.

Publishers and publishing. England. London. 19^th century.

 

Genres

Wills.

              

Occupation  (as reflected in collection)

Publishers. England. London. 19^th century.

 

Location

Grolier Club, 47 East 60^th Street, New York, N.Y. 10022-1098.