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2. Ashley MS A1385,B1432,A1436,A1440-4,1446,A1636,A1853,A1870,A1871,A1940,B3864,A3889-90,A4206,A5132,B5255
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- Ashley MS A1385,B1432,A1436,A1440-4,1446,A1636,A1853,A1870,A1871,A1940,B3864,A3889-90,A4206,A5132,B5255
- Title:
- Letters (84) and one postcard from W. M. Rossetti to A. C. Swinburne; 2 Jan. 1866-20 Sept. 1906. Also included are a letter to Swinburne from Lucy Rossetti, [April?] 1876 (1446, ff. 104-105), and a letter from W. M. Rossetti, not to Swinburne, but possibly to J. C. Hotten, 11 Jan. 1867 (1446, f. 18). The letters in 1446, ff. 9-10b, 52, 52b, 102-103b, and 154, 154b, and in A1871 are imperfect. Vol. A IV, f. 33 is not part of the letter on ff. 31-32b, but is the missing portion of the second l...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Norwegian
- Date Range:
- 2 Jan 1866-20 Sep 1906
- Extent:
- 20 items
3. Add MS 4101-4478
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- Add MS 4101-4478
- Title:
- Manuscripts collected by Thomas Birch (b. 1705, d. 1766), D.D., and bequeathed by him to the British Museum, of which he was a Trustee from 1753 until his death
- Scope & Content:
- They comprise not only original documents (including some of Birch's own private papers) but also a number of transcripts, many of which were made by Birch himself, from originals preserved in public and private collections. Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Collections of, bequeathed to the Britis...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish
- Date Range:
- [1200-1799]
- Extent:
- 378 items
4. Add MS 4206
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 4206
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
- MISCELLANEOUS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS: as follows:- (1) Chronological notes concerning the orders of St John of Jerusalem and the Templars; 11th- 16th centt. ff. 1-5. (2) 'De Monasteriis seu Abbatijs de Archimandrita, Coenobiarcha seu Abbati, et de Monachis, Eremitis, Anachoretis, seu Hesycas...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Greek, Modern, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 item
5. Add MS 4253-4255
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 4253-4255
- Title:
- 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...
- Scope & Content:
- Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Correspondence of: 1726-1766, n.d.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, Greek, Modern, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Extent:
- 3 items
6. Add MS 4253-4257
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 4253-4257
- Title:
- BIRCH LITERARY PAPERS AND CORRESPONDENCE ADD. MSS. 4253-4257.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, Greek, Modern, Latin, and Spanish
- Date Range:
- [1700-1799]
- Extent:
- 5 items
7. Add MS 4254
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 4254
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
- 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:...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, Greek, Modern, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Extent:
- 1 item
8. Add MS 4257
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- Add MS 4257
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
- Literary collections of Thomas Birch; 18th cent. The contents are as follows;- (1) Review, partly in Birch's autograph, of Dr. Conyers Middleton's History of the Life of M. T. Cicero; 1741. ff. 1-28. (2) 'Variae Lectiones in Caesaribus Juliani Imperatoris septem codicibus manuscriptis ... cum...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, Greek, Modern, Latin, and Spanish
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Extent:
- 1 item
9. Add MS 4274-4277
- 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
10. Add MS 4275-4276
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 4275-4276
- Title:
- THORESBY PAPERS. Vols. II, III. Letters, etc., of English divines and learned men, placed in rough alphabetical order, each letter of the alphabet having a double arrangement of (a) Church dignitaries and (b) Nonconformist ministers. Latin and English.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Greek, Modern, and Latin
- Date Range:
- [1534-1722]
- Extent:
- 2 items