Bequest from the library of Professor Dudley Wilson (1923-95), largely 16th and 17th century books but also including a number of modern private press books and literary first editions (notably W.H. Auden, Max Beerbohm, T.S. Eliot and AldousHuxley). The collection contains over 200 titles, and reflects the collector's interests in Renaissance and 17th century literature and thought, particularly in France, and his love of fine typography and book illustration. Among the private pressbooks the Eragny Press is particularly well represented. Also included is the collection of images of the monstrous (photographs and photocopies of 16th to 18th century illustrations) and other working materials which Professor Wilson assembled forhis book Signs and portents (1993) on monstrous births.
Wilson Collection
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- Dates of Creation1514-1992
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish ; Latin
- Physical Description262 titles
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Administrative / Biographical History
Educated at Manchester Grammar School, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he studied French and German, and the Sorbonne, where he obtained his doctorate in 1952 on Ronsard. He lectured in French at Aberdeen and in 1953 joined DurhamUniversity, where he became a Professor in 1980. He retired in 1988. There is a bibliography of his works in The Wilson Collection ....
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Bequeathed to Durham University Library by Professor Wilson.
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