Playfair, Robert Lambert, Sir, Knight (author and colonial administrator) (1828-1899)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1828 - 1899
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Robert Playfair., 1873-1889.
File
Identifier: MS.40960
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern mostly the preparation and publication of works by Robert Playfair in the “Murray’s Handbooks” series:Playfair’s revision of “A handbook for travellers in Algeria” (1874);“A handbook for travellers in Algeria and Tunis, Algiers, Oran, Constantine, Carthage, etc.” (1878 and subsequent editions);“A handbook to the Mediterranean” (1881 and subsequent editions).Among...
Dates:
1873-1889.
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