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171. Add MS 4452

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PAPERS RELATING TO VARIOUS SOCIETIES, with which Birch was connected. A few letters are interspersed, the names of the writers of which are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. the principal contents are as follows:- (1) The Society for Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts:...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

172. Add MS 4453

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'SICELIDES: a Piscatorie made by Phinees Fletcher and acted in Kings Colledge in Cambridge'. Copy. This pastoral play was written at Cambridge in 1614 to be acted before James I on a visit there, but not being ready it was acted at King's College on a later occasion. It was printed in 1631. Pape...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
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1 item

173. Add MS 4454

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KATHERINE AUSTEN COLLECTANEA Essays, meditations, memoranda, etc., in prose and verse by Katherine Austen, 'Book M'; 1664-1668. A note (f. 1) states that her husband was born 11 Aug. 1622 and died 31 Oct. 1658 (? Thomas Austen of London, matriculated at Lincoln College, Oxford, 24 Apr. 1640). B...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1664-1668
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1 item

174. Add MS 4455

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COMMONPLACE-BOOK OF JOHN BENNET, of Hart Hall, Oxford (see note on f. 3 'Sum e libris Johannis Bennet ex aula Cervina, Sept. 29, 1672, pret. 6 [d]'). The parts of the MS. left blank by Bennet were later used as a commonplace book by the Rev. John King (1652-1732), of Exeter College, Oxford, D.D....
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Western Manuscripts
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English, French, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1672-1725
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1 item

175. Add MS 4456-4457

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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:-
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Poetry TWO OR MORE LANGUAGES: T. Birch: verses written and collected by: circ. 1625-1760.: Lat., Engl. and Fr.: Partly printed.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
c 1625-1760
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2 items

176. Add MS 4458-4459

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BIRCH'S MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS Miscellaneous papers collected by Thomas Birch; 1631-1757. Two volumes. Small folio. Viz:-
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Western Manuscripts
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English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1631-1757
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2 items

177. Add MS 4460

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RALPH THORESBY TRANSCRIPTS Transcripts in the autograph of Ralph Thoresby, antiquary (d. 1725). Purchased at the sale of his museum, 7 March 1764, by Thomas Birch (see note in Birch's autograph on f. lb). For other Thoresby MSS. purchased by Birch see Add. MSS. 4212 ,4214, 4274-4277, 4385. Viz....
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1707
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1 item

178. Add MS 4462

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CONTRIBUTIONS to 'The Philosopher', etc. Viz:- (1) 'The Philosopher' (nos. 13. 17, 19-21, 31, 36), with corrections in Birch's autograph. ff. 1-44. They include (a) an article by Jean(?) Le Clerc vindicating John Selden from an attack made on him in Samuel Drake's edition, 1729, of Archbishop P...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

179. Add MS 4463

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THE WORKS OF WILLIAM LANE, a farmer's boy, in the form of letters transcribed under the supervision of R. Whatley, in whose house he resided when he first came to London in 1723, viz.-.- (1) Letters to R. Whatley on (a) his upbringing and education; 1724. ff.3-17b;- (b) 'Concerning Providence'; ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

180. Add MS 4464

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MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS COLLECTED BY THOMAS BIRCH, viz.:- (1) Extracts from the commonplace book of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester. The events referred to occurred during the period 1625-1651. In an early 18th cent. hand, with numerous corrections. ff. 1-33. (2) 'Sur la Maxime de M. de Ro...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item