Dialogue in ExLibris concerning Wilfred Voynich

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Subject:  Wilfred Voynich
Date:  Fri, 27 Apr 2001 14:10:20 -0700 (PDT)
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Hello:

Can anyone suggest a good source for biographical data on Wilfred Voynich, 
1865-1930? He was probably a rare book dealer and he did publish on the 
Roger Bacon cipher manuscript;  I'd be interested in
learning more of him.

Please reply offlist.  Many thanks.

-- Judith Beiss


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Date:  Sat, 28 Apr 2001 05:21:51 -0700 (PDT)
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You can find more about Voynich in the german Centraarchiv for antiquarian 
books: www.zvab.com. Best greetings Cornelia Branscheidt,

Frankfurt, Germany

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Date:  Sun, 29 Apr 2001 23:34:04 -0700 (PDT)
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Dear Judith,

at Saur's World Biographical Indexes there was only little on Voynich:
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Name: Voynich, Wilfrid Michael
  Lebensdaten: 1863?-1930
     Beruf(e): political refugee;  scientific writer; bibliographer
    Gruppe(n): SONSTIGE FACHAUTOREN, POLITIK SONSTIGE
       Archiv: British Biographical Archive
        Fiche: I 1119,271; II 1818,401

Titel der Quelle: Cath. WW 1910 [= Kurztitel]
                 The Catholic Who's Who and Yearbook, 1910.

- London. -
                 [1910]

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Date:  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 07:37:53 -0700 (PDT)
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Judith: you might also have a look at Rare people and rare books / E.
Millicent Sowerby. Williamsburg : Bookpress, 1987.  (first published in
1967 by Constable & Company).

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Date:  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 12:45:02 -0700 (PDT)
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hello Cornelia Branscheidt:

Many thanks for your help. That's a new website for me, and quite helpful.

Again, thank you!

> You can find more about Voynich in the german Centraarchiv for antiquarian 
> books: www.zvab.com. Best greetings Cornelia Branscheidt,

Frankfurt, Germany


Titel der Quelle: WWW 1929 [= Kurztitel]
                 Who Was Who 1929-1940. - London. - 1941





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