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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 4101-4478 Name Maty, Matthew, Dr Principal Librarian British Museum Level [40] File

1. Add MS 4101

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WRIOTHESLEY HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. Collections relating to heraldry, etc. Supplementary to Add. MSS. 5530, 45131-45133, 46354. The contents are as follows:- (1) 'Le xviiie livre de Bethelemy des proprietes lequel parle de la proprite des bestes', being a French translation by Jean Corbichon of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
15th century
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1 item

2. Add MS 4224

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Vol. IV (ff. 312). T-W. Together with miscellaneous notes among which are: (a) extracts relating to Cambridge men, from Thomas Baker's collections in Harley MSS.7031-7037. ff. 178-201;- (b)'Alphabetical list of Lives' by Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford. ff. 202-204;- (c) 'Kalendarium Carlananu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1730-c 1766
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 4274

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THORESBY PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 309). Letters, etc., of Archbishops and Bishops arranged in alphabetical order of see; circ. 1551-1721. Latin and English. At the beginning are lists made by R. Thoresby of his collections of original letters and the sources from which he obtained them. Some of the l...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1551-1721
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 4313

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Vol. XIV (ff. 311). M. includes: ff. 1-50 George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield: Correspondence with T. Birch: 1752-1763.: Partly copies. f. 51 William Mace, FRS 1745; Gresham Professor of Civil Law: Letter to J. Ward: 1757. f. 52 Benjamin Mackerell, antiquary; Librarian, Norwich Public Libr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1728-1766
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 4441

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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. X (ff. 129). Miscellaneous papers, 1662-1765, consisting of reports, letters and proposals relating to the objects and government of the Society and the publication of the Philosophical Transactions, lists of papers submitted, and names of fellows and members of the co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1662-1765
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 4449

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Vol. I (ff. 184). (1) An Act for the Purchase of the Museum, or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, and of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts; ... and of the Cottonian Library, and of the additions thereto; 1754. Printed; with MS. notes and list of the first fifteen Trustees by Birch. ff. 1-68b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1749-1760
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 4477

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Vol. II (ff. 329). (1) Appointment of Birch as chaplain to Princess Amelia; 1761. Copy. f. 4. (2) Testimonial for Carlo Alfonso Guadagni of Florence, M.D., for the Royal Society, circ. 1760; signed Antonio Niccolini, Saverio Manetti (of Florence, Professor of Botany), and Gasparo Cerati (of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1663-1765
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 4478 A

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CATALOGUE OF BIRCH'S MSS. Catalogue of Birch's MSS. bequeathed by him in 1766 to the British Museum, compiled by the Rev. Westley Hall in 1771, by order of the Trustees. It is preceded by an account of the bequest, etc., in the hand of Sir Frederic Madden (ff. i, iii); and four leaves (ff. iv-v...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1771
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1 item