Some of the James Frothingham Hunnewell collection of books

Title:: Some of the James Frothingham Hunnewell collection of books
Description:: Some of the James Frothingham Hunnewell collection of books. Presented to Harvard in 1945 by James W. Hunnewell, son of the collector. The collection of some hundred-odd volumes bearing the arms, bookplates, or signatures of more than 60 kings, queens, popes, cardinals, archbishops, poets, historians, scientists, and other distinguished persons. The group includes books bound for nine of the kings and queens of England from Elizabeth to George III; for sixteen of the rulers of France from Francois II to Louis Philipp; and for six popes from Clement X to Gregory XVI.
Collector:: Cutler, Wolcott, 1891-1965
Date:: [ca. 1850–1925]
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Lantern slides
Location:: Boston Public Library
Charlestown Branch Library
Collection (local):: Charlestown Lantern Slides
Subjects:: Books
Hunnewell, James Frothingham, 1832-1910
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Charlestown
High Street District
Extent:: 1 photograph : transparency
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Notes:: Title from materials accompanying item.
Notes (date):: Date from accompanying materials: Before 1925
Date supplied by cataloger.
Notes (historical):: Reverend Cutler was rector at St. John’s Church from 1924 to 1959 and most likely assembled this collection during that time.
Identifier:: CHA-105-B1