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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 45699-45700
Title:: 'Catalogus Major Bibliothecae Harleianae', compiled by Humfrey Wanley, n.d., but before 1708 since it is referred to in Add. MS. 45701 below. Autograph. Arranged under groups (Hebrew, Latin, etc.); this is all that remains of a projected larger ('major') catalogue, the concise ('brevior') working catalogue being that described below. Paper; ff. 188, 172. Folio. Early XVIII cent.
Scope & Content:: Humfrey Wanley, librarian to the Earls of Oxford: Catalogue of MSS. in the Harleian Library: 1708-1726.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: before 1708
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 45701-45710
Title:: 'Catalogus Brevior': this was the manuscript used by the printers in setting up the first Catalogue of the Harley MSS., that published in two volumes in 1759, which included also the 'Advertisement' and Concordance of which the original drafts are in Add. MS. 45710 (see below). Ten volumes, as follows:-
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: [1708-1766]
Extent:: 10 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 45711
Title:
Scope & Content:: 'INDEX IN CHARTAS ANTIQUAS IN BIBL[IOTHECA] HARL[EIANA]', compiled by Humfrey Wanley, n.d. Autograph. At the beginning (ff. 1b-22) is a list of Harley Charters arranged under reigns running down to 3 Anne, the last charter being dated 8 Mar. 170,4/5. Paper; ff. 769 (bound in two volumes, viz. I ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Early 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

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