Silver casket, engraved with views of the John Rylands Library, Deansgate, Manchester. The casket was presented to Mrs Enriqueta Augustina Rylands in October 1899, along with a scroll bearing the Freedom of the City of Manchester. This view is of the back of the casket, which bears an illustration of the Reading Room which is different to the actual completed Reading Room.
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Silver casket, engraved with views of the John Rylands Library, Deansgate, Manchester. The casket was presented to Mrs Enriqueta Augustina Rylands in October 1899, along with a scroll bearing the Freedom of the City of Manchester. This view is of the back of the casket, which bears an illustration of the Reading Room which is different to the actual completed Reading Room.
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