Investigating the Shipton Hoard
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The Purcell Society, Edward Taylor, Edward Francis Rimbault, antiquarianism, book collectorsAbstract
In August 1840 a letter published in The Musical World announced the discovery of “four large iron chests filled with music-books”, some of great rarity, which have never been recovered. The truth is that the announcement is a hoax. But who perpetrated it? This essay sifts the evidence and attempts to solve the mystery.
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