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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4274-4277
Title:: THORESBY PAPERS Collections of Ralph Thoresby, antiquary, consisting of autograph letters and other documents; circ. 1539-1722. Purchased at the sale of his museum in 1764 by Thomas Birch (see 4274, f. 2). For other Thoresby MSS. see Add. MSS. 4212, 4460, 4926-4933. The names of the writers are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. Paper and (4274) paper and vellum. Four volumes. Folio.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Dutch, English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: c 1539-1722
Extent:: 4 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4278-4280
Title:: PELL- PAPERS (lst Series) Correspondence and papers of Dr. John Pell, mathematician, political agent of Cromwell to the protestant cantons of Switzerland and Resident at Zurich (1654-1658); 1631-1683. Latin, French, English, German, Italian and Dutch. For other series of Pell papers see Add. MSS. 4394-4404 and 4407-4431. The correspondence is mainly of a scientific rather than a political character, though a number of allusions are made to affairs connected with his Swiss mission, and many ...
Scope & Content:: John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Correspondence and papers: 1631-1683.: Partly autogr.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 1631-1683
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4281-4289
Title:: DESMAIZEAUX PAPERS Correspondence and papers of Pierre Des Maizeaux (d. 1745), author of literary biographies, gentleman of the King's Household, etc.; 1688-1744. French and English. Arranged in alphabetical order. Many of the writers were booksellers or publishers living in Paris, Amsterdam, The Hague, etc. Vol. IX contains the miscellaneous papers of Des Maizeaux, including testimonials of his college career at Berne and Geneva from the year 1688, papers connected with the grant to him of...
Scope & Content:: Pierre Des Maizeaux, d 1745 F R S; author: Correspondence and papers: 1688-1744.: Fr. and Engl.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 1688-1744
Extent:: 9 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4300-4323
Title:: BIRCH CORRESPONDENCE Collection of letters addressed to Thomas Birch; 1726-1766. Twenty-four volumes, arranged roughly in alphabetical order. The names of writers are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. In Add. MS. 4323 most of the letters lack signatures. French, Latin, Italian and English. Paper. Folio.
Scope & Content:: Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Correspondence of: 1726-1766, n.d.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 1726-1766
Extent:: 24 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4326 A-B
Title:: MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS OF THOMAS BIRCH. Two volumes. Quarto and folio.
Scope & Content:: Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Correspondence of: 1726-1766, n.d. includes: ff. 198-201 William Heberden, MD; FRS: Memoranda by T. Birch of conversations with: 1751.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: [1712-1765]
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4364-4365
Title:: COLLECTIONS RELATING TO THE SWISS CANTONS State papers and letters relating chiefly to the affairs of the Swiss Evangelical Cantons and Piedmont, and to Cromwell's efforts in 1656-1657, to detach the Cantons from France and to create throughout Europe an universal Protestant League. Two volumes. 1632-1714. Paper. Folio. Included are many letters from John Pell, Cromwell's Agent to the Cantons, and subsequently Resident at Zurich, and of John Durie, who with Cromwell's approbation acted with...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 1632-1714
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4397-4404
Title:: PELL PAPERS (3rd Series) Mathematical collections of John Pell, consisting of treatises, calculations, and extracts from printed works, with other miscellaneous matter, chiefly in Pell's autograph. For the 1st, 2nd and 4th Series of these collections see Add. MSS. 4278-4280, 4394-4396, 4407-4431. A few letters are interspersed; the names of the writers of these are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. Eight volumes. 17th cent.
Scope & Content:: John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Mathematical and scientific collections: 1617-1681, n.d.: Mainly autogr. Mathematics: Mathematical collections of J. Pell: 17th cent.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 8 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4407-4431
Title:: PELL PAPERS (4th Series) Mathematical collections of John Pell, consisting of treatises, geometrical and other problems and their solutions, tables and calculations of logarithms, etc., chiefly autograph. For other collections made by Pell see Add. MSS. 4278-4280, 4394-4396 and 4397-4404. The names of the writers of a few original letters are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. Twenty-four volumes. Folio.
Scope & Content:: John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Mathematical and scientific collections: 1617-1681, n.d.: Mainly autogr. Mathematics: Mathematical collections of J. Pell: 17th cent.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: [1609-1678]
Extent:: 25 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4432-4448
Title:: ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS Collections relating to the Royal Society (incorporated in 1662) made by Thomas Birch while Secretary of the Society (1752-1765), consisting of letters, articles or communications sent for consideration, many of which were subsequently printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, draft minutes, etc. 1660-1765. Seventeen volumes. Paper. Folio. The chief contents are as follows:-
Scope & Content:: Royal Society: Papers rel. to: 1662-1765.: Engl., Lat., Fr. and Germ.: Partly printed.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:: 1660-1765
Extent:: 17 items

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