Identity area
Reference code
GB 235 FRG/1/1/1/1905/64
Title
Receipt from Dulau and Co., London, to Isaac Bayley Balfour
Date(s)
- 24/10/1905 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 invoice
Context area
Name of creator
(1815-1922 (fl.))
Administrative history
'Foreign bookseller', and publisher of travel and anthropological texts; 37 Soho Square, London.
Repository
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Scope and content
Receipt from Dulau and Co., Foreign and English Booksellers, 37 Soho Square, London, to Isaac Bayley Balfour, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, dated 24 October 1905.
Invoice for £12.6s for despatch of a seven volume set of Hooker’s Flora of British India that Balfour has ordered to be sent to George Forrest, c/o Thomas Cook & Sons, Rangoon, Burma.
The invoice is slightly scorched with some loss, though not of text.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Permission required from RBGE.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
The invoice is slightly scorched with some loss, though not of text; handle with care.
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Place access points
Name access points
- Forrest, George (Subject)
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Archivist's note
This Forrest correspondence collection summary has been provided by library volunteer Pauline Maclean.