Note 19 — Chapter III · THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY, 1613-1860
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The writer cannot forget an occasion when Professor Henry Nettleship was about to write a paper for the Oxford Philological Society on the Alapa Manumissionis. When looking up some references in the General Catalogue he suddenly lighted on a title “De Alapa Manumissionis.” On ordering it, he found a dissertation of a youthful German student of the eighteenth century, who provided many references known to the Professor, and added more.