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1182. Add MS 4221-4225
- 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
1183. 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
1184. Add MS 4258-4263
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 4258-4263
- Title:
- BIRCH'S FRANCIS BACON COLLECTIONS
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Latin, and Spanish
- Date Range:
- [1600-1799]
- Extent:
- 6 items
1185. Add MS 4264-4267
- 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
1186. Add MS 4268-4272
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 4268-4272
- Title:
- BIRCH PRIVATE PAPERS. Five volumes. Various sizes.
- Scope & Content:
- Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Private papers: 1720-1766.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, German, and Latin
- Date Range:
- [1621-1799]
- Extent:
- 5 items
1187. Add MS 4273 A-B
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 4273 A-B
- Title:
- MISCELLANEOUS BIRCH COLLECTIONS Miscellaneous documents collected by Thomas Birch, probably for the sake of autograph signatures; 1618-1764. Latin, English, Dutch, French, German. They consist chiefly of certificates, letters of ordination, marriage-licences, etc., by various Archbishops, Bishops and other officials, mainly of the northern province, and some foreign documents. The names of the writers, etc., are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Dutch, English, French, German, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1618-1764
- Extent:
- 2 items
1188. 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
1189. Add MS 4278-4280
- 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
1190. Add MS 4281-4289
- 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