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Name Bliss, Philip, antiquary and book collector, 1787-1857

21. Add MS 39954

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NON-SCIENTIFIC correspondence of Sir Richard Owen, K.C.B., Superintendent of the Natural History Departments of the British Museum 1856-1883, with occasional draft replies in Owen's hand, circ. 1838-1889. Prefixed are a few earlier letters (from 1817) chiefly addressed to Owen's father-in-law, W. Clift, naturalist. The names of the writers are given in the Index. Among them are:-- John Abernethy (to Clift). Sir William George Armstrong. Alexander Bain. Richard Doddridge Blackmore. Mary Eliz...
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Sir Richard Owen, KCB; naturalist: Correspondence (non-scientific): circ. 1838-1889. includes: f. 1 John Abernethy, surgeon: Letter to W. Clift: 1817. ff. 4, 6 John Thomson, surgeon, of Edinburgh: Letters to W. Clift: 1822, 1824. f. 8 James Wardrop, surgeon: Letter to W. Clift: 1825. f. 9 Euge...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1838-1889
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1 item

22. Add MS 41312

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ELLIS PAPERS. Vol. I. General correspondence of Sir Henry Ellis; 1795-1866. The letters are mainly concerned with Museum affairs, excepting one group (ff. 18-24) which refer to his unavailing efforts, in 1811-1812, to be elected Director of the Society of Antiquaries. The names of the writers ar...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese, English, and French
Date Range:
1795-1866
Extent:
1 item

23. Add MS 41858

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Vol. VIII (ff. 305). 3 Jan. 1810-26 July 1819. includes: ff. 1, 10, 75, 132, 218-231b, 235, 272, 285 Henry Richard Vassall Fox, 3rd Baron Holland; formerly Fox: Correspondence with T. Grenville: 1807-1828.f. 8 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne; formerly Petty: Letters to T...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
3 Jan 1810-26 Jul 1819
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1 item

24. Add MS 44359

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Vol. CCLXXIV (ff. 264). 1842. includes: ff. 1, 9, 29, 31, 33, 46, 49, 51, 55 Hon Richard Bagot, Bishop of Oxford and (1845) of Bath and Wells: Correspondence with W. E. Gladstone: 1842-1852.ff. 5, 23, 112, 124, 148 François Alexis Rio, French art critic and writer: Letters to W. E. Gladsto...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1842
Extent:
1 item

25. Add MS 44378

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Vol. CCXCIII (ff. 308). 1-25 Mar. 1854. includes: f. 1 Benjamin Wilson, Curate of Fordham: Correspondence with W. E. Gladstone: 1851-1874.f. 5 Sir William George Anderson, KCB; Assistant Paymaster-General: Correspondence with W. E. Gladstone: 1852-1875.f. 7 Francis Richard Wemyss-Charter...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 1854-25 Mar 1854
Extent:
1 item

26. Add MS 52482

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British Records Association Collection. Vol. IX (ff. 276). General correspondence; 1730-1918, n.d. includes: ff. 1-4 John Francis Arundell, 12th Baron Arundell of Wardour: Letters of: 1881.f. 5 Bulkeley Bandinel, Bodley's Librarian: Letter of: bef. 1861.f. 9 Sir Joseph William Bazalgette...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Latin
Date Range:
1730-1918
Extent:
1 item

27. Add MS 59417

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DROPMORE PAPERS. Vol. DLXIII (ff. 254). 1810-1819. includes: ff. 197-198 British Museum: Reverend Philip Bliss, DD; Registrar of Oxford University: Letter to Lord Grenville respecting an Assistant Keepership of Manuscripts in the British Museum from Rev. Philip Bliss: 1817.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1810-1819
Extent:
1 item

28. Add MS 63143

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GOSPEL BOOK LEAF: England; circa A.D. 1000. Latin. Contains Luke xxii, 1-7 and 9-36, relating the Easter story and representing the beginning and part of the Gospel reading for Wednesday in Holy Week. The text is closely related to that of MS. A (the Codex Amiatinus) in J. Wordsworth and H. White, Novum Testamentum Latine: Quattuor Evangelia (1889-98). From the pioneering study collection formed of binders' waste materials, assembled by the Oxford antiquary Philip Bliss (1787-1857) during th...
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Bible LATIN: Anglo-Saxon Gospel Book Leaf: circa 1000: Lat.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1000
Extent:
1 item

29. Add MS 68942

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EDMUND SPENSER: 'Mother Hubberds tale'; circa 5 June 1607. Copy. This text of Spenser's satirical allegory, published as 'Prosopopoeia: or, Mother Hubberd's Tale' in Complaints (1591), comprises 1362 verses rather than the 1388 of the printed version, from which also its readings differ extensively. It was summarily collated by A. B. Grosart in The complete works . . . of Edmund Spenser, III, (1884), pp. 148-152, but remained unavailable to later editors. Other near-contemporary manuscript c...
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Rivière and Son; bookbinders: Bindings ENGLISH: Red morocco slipcase by Rivière and Son (bookbinders): 20th cent. Political and Satirical Poems: Edmund Spenser, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: 'Mother Hubberds Tale', in verse by Edmund Spenser: circa 1607: Copy. includes: f. 1 Poetry LATIN: Rosamund ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 5 Jun 1607
Extent:
1 item

30. Add MS 70842

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MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vol. IV (ff. 156). 1. ff. 1-6. Letters, etc., of Joseph Planta, Keeper of Manuscripts 1776-1799, Principal Librarian 1799-1827; 1783-1815, n.d. 2. f. 7. Letter of Joseph Planta, diplomat, son of Joseph Planta, Principal Librarian; 1838. 3. ff. 11-156. Correspondence, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1776-1868
Extent:
1 item