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41. Add MS 4226

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PIERRE BAYLE LETTERS Collection of original letters (with some copies) chiefly of Pierre Bayle, author of La Dictionnaire Historique et Critique, to various French, Dutch and Swiss literary persons, among them being Pierre Des Maizeaux, Abbé Claude Nicaise, Bernard de la Monnoye, Jean LeClerc, ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1670-c 1739
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1 item

42. Add MS 4237

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BIRCH'S NEWTON COLLECTIONS Collections for a life of Sir Isaac Newton, by Thomas Birch; 1682-1761. (1) The 'Life', as printed in Bayle's A General Dictionary, Historical and Critical, rev. ed., 1738. ff. 1-99. (2) Two letters of Sir Isaac Newton to William Briggs, M.D.; commending with some...
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Western Manuscripts
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English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1682-1761
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1 item

43. Add MS 4247

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BIOGRAPHICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL COLLECTIONS, as follows:- (1) Key to the works of Jean Louis Guez de Balzac (d. 1654), being annotations of passages in his works; 18th cent. French. ff. 1-7. (2) Life of John Selden; 18th cent. French. The notes in the margin are by Pierre Des Maizeaux. ff. ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English and French
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

44. Add MS 4249

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS; 18th cent. Four articles, artt. 3 & 4 being bound separately. Artt.1 and 2. Forbes papers: notes by Patrick Forbes, Scottish historian; 18th cent. For other Forbes papers see Add. MSS. 4126, 4133-4146, 4215A, B, 4248, 35833. (1) List of selected articles from var...
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Western Manuscripts
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English and French
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

45. Add MS 4251

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NOTE-BOOKS OF THOMAS BIRCH containing various literary and biographical memoranda, principally from the Harley MSS; 18th cent. Included is a list of persons who received presentation copies of Birch's Life of Prince Henry, 1760 (f. 122). French and English. Paper; ff. 122. Duodecimo. XVIII cent....
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

46. Add MS 4253-4255

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Literary papers and correspondence of Thomas Birch, connected with his work as joint-editor of the revised edition of Bayle's General Dictionary, Historical and Critical, and as Secretary of the Royal Society; 18th cent. Many of the letters in the first volume, of which only a few are originals, are written by Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford, to Edward, 2nd Earl of Oxford, and to Humfrey Wanley, librarian to both, and have reference to the Harley MSS., some of them containing offers from a...
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Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Correspondence of: 1726-1766, n.d.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
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3 items

47. Add MS 4253-4257

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BIRCH LITERARY PAPERS AND CORRESPONDENCE ADD. MSS. 4253-4257.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
[1700-1799]
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5 items

48. Add MS 4254

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Vol. II, ff. 291, XVIII cent. includes: f. 1 George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton: Letters to Lord Bolingbroke: 1740-1749.: Copies.f. 1Ob Saul Levi Mortera, d 1660 rabbi, of Amsterdam: Notice of him and of his 'Providentia divina': 18th cent.f. 3 Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke:...
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Western Manuscripts
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English, French, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

49. Add MS 4255

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Vol. III, ff. 257, XVIII cent. includes: ff.1-3 Royal Society: Dedication to George II by T. Birch of his History of: 1757.ff. 4 - 7, 13 - 14 William Murdin, Vicar of Shalford: Preface to his 'Collection of State Papers. . . ': 1759.f. 9 John Locke, philosopher: Tract on his 'Essay upon ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

50. Add MS 4256

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Literary papers and memoranda, with a few original letters, relating chiefly to Birch's literary undertakings, particularly to his work on the revised edition of Bayle's A General Dictionary, Historical and Critical; 18th cent. Names of the writers of letters are to be found in the Index of the ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item