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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4228
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Scope & Content:: BIRCH'S LIFE OF ROBERT BOYLE The Life of Robert Boyle, seventh son of Richard, 1st Earl of Cork, by Birch, as prepared for the press; 1743. Autograph. It was printed at the beginning of The Works of the honourable Robert Boyle, 5 vols., Dublin, 1744. Included (f. 98) is an original letter from ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1743
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4229
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Scope & Content:: ROBERT BOYLE PAPERS Letters and Papers relating to the life and works of the Hon. Robert Boyle (d. 1691) and especially to the edition of his Works of 1744 (see Add. MS. 4228); 1657-1744. (1) 'An Account of Mr Boile's first Physico-Mechanical Experiments concerning ye weight and Spring of ye ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1657-1744
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4230
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Scope & Content:: BIRCH'S LIFE OF MILTON 'An Historical and Critical Account of the Life and Writings of Mr. John Milton. By Thomas Birch M.A. and F.R.S.', as prepared for the press; circ. 1738. Prefixed to A Complete Collection of the ... Works, etc., 1738, 2 vols. Preceded by a short life of Milton in Birch's ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1738
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4231
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Scope & Content:: BIRCH'S LIFE OF RALEGH 'The Life of Sir Walter Ralegh', by Thomas Birch, as prepared for the press; circ. 1751. Prefixed to his edition of the Works, etc., 1751. Autograph. At the beginning (ff. 1-16) are two revised proof-sheets of the Life (signatures 'a' and 'f'). Followed (f. 84) by supplem...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1751
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4232
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Scope & Content:: JOHN THORESBY LEDGER Ledger of John Thoresby (d. 1679), father of Ralph Thoresby, the antiquary, containing lists of books, etc., and the prices paid for them, for himself, Richard Stretton and Robert Hickson (ff. 2, 5, 13, etc.) and sometimes with the names of persons from whom they were bough...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1673-1675
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4233
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Scope & Content:: CAVENDISH'S LIFE OF WOLSEY The Life of Cardinal Wolsey by George Cavendish (d. 1561?); early 17th cent. A MS. copy, belonging to Thomas Birch. In the latter's account of the author (f. 2) he erroneously ascribes the work to William Cavendish, 2nd son of Thomas Cavendish, Clerk of the Pipe of th...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Early 17th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4234
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Scope & Content:: BIRCH'S BOWER COLLECTIONS Collection by Thomas Birch of papers, letters, etc., relating to Archibald Bower, lapsed Jesuit, author of the History of the Popes, etc., and Keeper of Queen Caroline's library (d. 1766); circa 1746-1758. The principal contents are:- (1) 'Proposals for printing ... t...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1746-1758
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4235
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Scope & Content:: 'The Life of Mr. Edmund Spenser', by Thomas Birch; 1751. This is the draft of his 'Life' prefixed to his edition of The Faerie Queene, 1751, 3 vols. At the beginning are the 'Proposals' for printing the work. Paper; ff. iii + 39. Quarto. A.D. 1751. Edmund Spenser, poet: Life of, by T. Birch: 17...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1751
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4236
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Scope & Content:: BIRCH'S TILLOTSON COLLECTIONS Collection of papers, letters, etc., made by Thomas Birch, chiefly in preparation for his 'Life' of John Tillotson (d. 1694), Archbishop of Canterbury; 1680-1761. The 'Life' was prefixed to the 1752 edition of Tillotson's works, also published separately in that ye...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1680-1761
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4237
Title:
Scope & Content:: BIRCH'S NEWTON COLLECTIONS Collections for a life of Sir Isaac Newton, by Thomas Birch; 1682-1761. (1) The 'Life', as printed in Bayle's A General Dictionary, Historical and Critical, rev. ed., 1738. ff. 1-99. (2) Two letters of Sir Isaac Newton to William Briggs, M.D.; commending with some...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 1682-1761
Extent:: 1 item

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