Joseph Haslewood
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Joseph Haslewood was an English writer and antiquary. He was a founder of the Roxburghe Club
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Haslewood was born in London, the son of Richard Haslewood and his wife Mary Dewsbery. He was an author and editor of many books, and assisted the bibliographer Sir Egerton Brydges. On 17 June 1812, Haslewood was one of the eighteen original founders of a book society known as the Roxburghe Club as it was based on the collection of the Duke of Roxburghe. Haslewood died unmarried at the age of 63.
Roxburghe Club
The Roxburghe Club was formed on 17 June 1812 by leading bibliophiles, at the time the library of the Duke of Roxburghe was auctioned. It took 45 days to sell the entire collection. The first edition of Boccaccio's Decameron, printed by Chrisopher Valdarfer of Venice in 1471, was sold to the...
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Haslewood was born in London, the son of Richard Haslewood and his wife Mary Dewsbery. He was an author and editor of many books, and assisted the bibliographer Sir Egerton Brydges. On 17 June 1812, Haslewood was one of the eighteen original founders of a book society known as the Roxburghe Club as it was based on the collection of the Duke of Roxburghe. Haslewood died unmarried at the age of 63.