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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4456-4457
Title:: BIRCH'S POETICAL COLLECTIONS Poems, etc., collected by Thomas Birch, some being written by him; circa 1625-1760. Partly autograph. Two volumes. Small folio. The chief contents are as follows:-
Scope & Content:: Poetry TWO OR MORE LANGUAGES: T. Birch: verses written and collected by: circ. 1625-1760.: Lat., Engl. and Fr.: Partly printed.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:: c 1625-1760
Extent:: 2 items

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 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 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 4221-4225
Title:: BIRCH'S BIOGRAPHICAL COLLECTIONS Collection of biographical notices and memoranda of literary, scientific and other illustrious persons, made by or for Thomas Birch; circa 1730-1766. The names of the subjects, as well as of the writers of the few original letters in the volumes, are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. The substance of some of these articles is to be found in A General Dictionary Historical and Critical translated from Pierre Bayle's Dictionnaire Historique et...
Scope & Content:: Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Biographical works and memoranda by: circ. 1730-1760, n.d.: Partly autogr. Biography: Collection of biographical notices by T. Birch: circ. 1730-1740.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: c 1730-c 1766
Extent:: 5 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4264-4267
Title:: CATHARINE COCKBURN PAPERS Collections by Thomas Birch of correspondence and essays, etc., of Catharine Cockburn, née Trotter, dramatist, etc; 1693-1751. Collected for his edition of The Works of Mrs Catharine Cockburn, Theological, Moral, Dramatic and Poetical, 2 vols., 1751, in which most of the articles below are printed in part or in whole. The names of writers of letters are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. Paper. Four volumes. Quarto and (Vol. IV) octavo.
Scope & Content:: Catharine Cockburn, d 1749 née Trotter; dramatist and philosophical writer: Works and correspondence, 1693-1749, collected by T. Birch: 1751.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1693-1751
Extent:: 4 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4160-4164
Title:: COLLECTION OF TRANSCRIPTS, chiefly in the handwriting of Birch, of State Papers and letters, from private and public libraries, together with a few original papers; 1425-1728. Five volumes. Quarto. The names of the writers of the original papers are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. Included among these papers are:-
Scope & Content:: Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Transcripts and abstracts of MSS., etc., made for and by: 18th cent.: Partly autogr.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 1425-1728
Extent:: 5 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 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

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